influence vs influences

Some examples from the web:

• She considers money a corrupting influence.
• You believe this treaty weakens your influence in the region.
• I do not want industry exercising influence.
• High-quality information even has a direct influence upon education and political decisions.
• Studies say that green has a calming influence.
• I'm impervious to your influence anyway.
• Larger kitchens may have a stronger influence over suppliers.
• Corporate operatives exploited the various new ways of gaining political influence.
• Body fat does influence conception and pregnancy.
• His influence is spreading like a virus.
• Atoms that influence them are the imponderable.
• Age did not influence the pharmacokinetic properties of nateglinide.
• The best method of influence - caress.
• The emphatically structured surface also reveals the influence of Cubism.
• The Taft family continued to have influence in Republican politics.
• Money buys influence with both parties.
• Women are exercising ever greater influence in business.
• Won Radzivilla. Political influence of Sapeg weakened.
• Nomsanto gained influence and abolished the Environmental Protections Agency.
• In its initial phase, big-name entertainers gain political influence.

Some examples from the web:

• International influences in the form of technology, systems and capital have historically been a feature of industrialization and economic growth.
• To advance knowledge in this area, in 2016 NIH launched a seven-year initiative called the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.
• These influences include patient-related factors such as socioeconomic status, quality of life and patient's expectations and wishes, physician-related factors ...
• Apr 7, 2006 ... What influences recruitment to randomised controlled trials? A review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies. Trials.
• 357 Results ... Student, Physical influences, Likely to have a small positive impact, 34, 2,884, 23,859,706, 5,478, 0.00, 5. Student, Physical influences, Likely ...