have an influence
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Examples
It is true that the environment does have an influence but what has much greater effect on the artist is love or hatred. He uses his setting to express these things.
Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number.
Even if parties associated with right wing populism don't win, they push other parties, the centrist parties, towards their position. So they do have an influence even if they're not in power.
I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.
Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input.
In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This might be true. But lots of other stuff can have an influence.