Sentence examples for adding clout from inspiring English sources

The government counts inmates as residents of their prison's town, adding clout to upstate communities and taking it away from cities competing for government services.

Alongside the many, many little-known and younger artists included in the 2010 Brucennial -- selected by word of mouth -- were vetted art stars like David Salle, George Condo, and Julian Schnabel, adding clout and also drawing crowds.

Being the world's second currency brings added clout just now.

First, it will add clout to an elite of insiders whose record is mediocre.

It gives them added clout, alongside their obnoxious car and harem of ladies.

But Africa also has added clout in climate politics because of its close and growing links with China, the world's biggest producer of emissions.

However, other lobbyists, competitors of Tony Podesta's company, said the relationship had helped generate business and had given Tony Podesta added clout.

If shareholders and regulatory authorities in Australia and Singapore give their approval, it will also bring ASX-SGX added clout as a listing entity and bolster the role of Singapore as a leading financial hub in Asia.

"The new B.M.I. charts will give us a better way to explain how these children are overweight to their parents and add clout to our prescriptions for better diets and increased physical activity".

What adds clout to this declaration is that the president is William J. Flynn, the chairman of the Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, a key participant in brokering cease-fires among paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland -- and the parade's grand marshal in 1994.

Smaller suppliers are in a tougher position, which gives added clout to the trade buyer who can pay more upfront or the full balance fast or, preferably, both.As is often the case in China, new terms are being added to contracts sealed at the fair.