1.   Lewis was a leading member of an influential group of Catholic writers who flourished between the wars.

2.   We had prominent citizens and influential groups cable the Prime Minister and the provincial Premier.

3.   First, an approach within a discipline emerges in a particular social context marked, among other things, by influential social groups and authoritative doctrines.

4.   They all belonged to an influential group of related families at the very centre of urban life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Northampton.

5.   Influential groups in Washington began to urge yet more American involvement.

6.   The scheme was introduced by an influential group of senators and is almost certain to pass.

7.   Also Tuesday, an influential group of U.S. election observers issued a report that will probably satisfy both backers and detractors of the elections.

8.   Among them are influential groups like the national association of French mayors and a number of judges and magistrates.

9.   And an influential group of lawmakers has introduced legislation in Congress to break the cycle of the traditional guilt-induced aid followed by indifference.