41.   Both sides are clearly hoping their messages will reach lawmakers, who exert influence over events in the Middle East in part through the appropriations process.

42.   But Dole controls the vast majority of delegates and exerts enormous influence over the platform.

43.   But he is not too worried that residents will exert disproportionate influence over the airport.

44.   But Dessler said Commerce officials exerted no influence on the OPIC staff on behalf of trade mission participants or Democratic donors.

45.   But insurance experts say policyholders have rarely, if ever, exerted meaningful influence on mutual company operations.

46.   But Khayat, like Gee, believes such a study is one of several ways SEC presidents can exert their influence.

47.   But now tobacco companies again are exerting their influence to stop these historic discussions.

48.   But politics can exert strong influence on the market, and this is one of those times when the drag of misguided policy seems especially strong.

49.   But Syria exerts such influence over its weaker western neighbor that Beirut is expected to fall into line with whatever Damascus decides.

50.   But such instances, in which the attacks may exert some influence, even if temporary, affect only a small number of potentially offensive pieces of entertainment.