Included in this is that man has no power to influence the future, or indeed, his own actions.

"You must ask one of the doctors whether that would have been likely to influence her immediate actions."

Financial incentives usually influence people's actions, but in this case they have a minor effect.

"His conclusions," she added, "support the fact that I have never allowed the relationship to influence my professional actions."

Many strong-minded people decide they would rather stay out of Government and influence its actions in other ways.

"Leadership is the capacity to significantly influence the thoughts and actions of others," she said.

One forbids members to accept anything that would influence "their actions and vote."

The model is an explanation of how perceived public opinion can influence individual opinions or actions.

No matter how much control people exercised over themselves, the underlying biology did influence their actions.

Such assistance would be against the law, which prohibits anyone outside a union from giving money to a labor official to influence his actions.