1.   Although she was not a professional politician, her views were influential in shaping government policy.

2.   Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.

3.   Recollections of past events do not necessarily shape policy, but they certainly influence the thinking of the individual who shapes policy.

4.   The response is being used to help shape future policy in this vital area.

5.   Dewey was influential in shaping economic policy.

6.   He had been influential in shaping economic policy.

7.   Operationally, the CNAA was crucial to the binary policy and to the establishment of the polytechnics, but the CNAA had no part in shaping the policy itself.

8.   Americans are going to spend a lot of money on foreign affairs and defense whether the ideas that shape our policy are big or small.

9.   And many within the administration argue that while Gray had influence in shaping Haitian policy, it would be misleading to assign him a leading role.

10.   And there, away from the levers of power he never managed to manipulate, the Asian crisis has given him an opening to quietly shape policy with theory.