1.   For some protesters, the object is to get the attention of the news media and office holders who can influence policy.

2.   One other factor influences weeding policy, as it does selection policy.

3.   Public opinion should not influence every policy Decision.

4.   To elaborate, business, like other interest groups, makes representations to government in order to influence government policy.

5.   Commentators noted that the leadership restructuring was likely in practice to curtail still further the role of both the politburo and central committee in influencing state policy.

6.   If so, chronological age might influence treatment policy.

7.   Thus, the worries about the nature of resource misallocation which have been instrumental in influencing national policies have also been important in determining the shape of EC policy.

8.   Finance did not much affect the organisation of businesses, though it might influence their policy.