decisive influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdecisiveandinfluence
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decisive
adjective
uk/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/us/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofdecisiveandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I believe that this exerted adecisiveinfluenceon our language habits.
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There is nothing to indicate that any of the above factors would have had adecisiveinfluenceon the service quality in the private pharmacies.
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The carbon input to the soil has adecisiveinfluenceon humus level, biological activities and soil structure, thus considerably controlling the biomass yield.
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The first is itsdecisiveinfluenceover the new federal reimbursement policies.
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The heating rate has adecisiveinfluenceon the generation of thermals.
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This is undoubtedly further proof of thedecisiveinfluencethat the age at marriage had and still has on a couple's reproductive behaviour.
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For example, their self-concept can have adecisiveinfluenceon the way they function, or they may do what is expected of them, and yet not feel truly involved.
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Clearly, licensers could not exert a stranglehold over what appeared in print, but they could have adecisiveinfluenceover what appeared with the full panoply of mainstream legitimacy.
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Tax thresholds are most important because they have a major anddecisiveinfluenceon the take-home pay of the lowest paid.
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Secondly, we want the environmental movement to have adecisiveinfluenceover both the awarding of labels and the criteria for receiving them.
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The answer will naturally have adecisiveinfluenceon the vote.
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Internal documents are not defined and are to be kept secret if their publication would have adecisiveinfluenceon a decision-making process.
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I think many people would accept that this perhaps is the single mostdecisiveinfluenceon confidence.
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It exercises an oftendecisiveinfluenceover the broadest spread of operations.
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Readers of nineteenth century history will recall many instances in which the editor of great newspapers exercised a commanding and sometimesdecisiveinfluence.
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They want a chance to exercisedecisiveinfluencein these matters, which are so important to them in their daily lives.
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It may well be that it was just that contribution which was the vital anddecisiveinfluencein the time of our greatest trial.
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For, despite the many efforts already made within the advertising circle, the power of public opinion has yet to bring adecisiveinfluencefrom outside.
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They are thedecisiveinfluenceon the economic affairs of the entire planet.
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Our financial strength has often been adecisiveinfluence.
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