The country is dominated by the City, which exerts an extraordinary amount of political power.

Japanese companies usually exert a fair amount of self-censorship in these matters.

The monetary union exerts an enormous amount of peer pressure.

Furthermore, he never exerted a large amount of executive control over the Guard during his tenure, though his influence there cannot be denied.

Since the Chinese state continues to exert a considerable amount of control over media, public support for domestic reporting came as a surprise to many observers.

They can, it seems, exert a tremendous amount of influence - generate buzz, that is - but only under certain circumstances.

The researcher began the game by exerting a fixed amount of pressure on the first volunteer's finger.

Spock shook Daniels's hand quickly, exerting an acceptable amount of pressure.

What I should be aiming for now is a "peanut" showing that I'm exerting a more steady amount of pressure.