1.   But I knew I would get strong support from a lot of influential people.

2.   Depending on how influential people were, Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting.

3.   Go to meetings and talk with influential people.

4.   Making contacts Having access to influential people and people who can give you information is helpful.

5.   Sometimes, influential people are not the most overtly powerful.

6.   My parents have been the most influential people in my life.

7.   BNFL and the nuclear industry in general received some strong backing in two recent publications -- and from the pen of two influential people.

8.   He would meet many kinds of influential people.