Sentence examples for and using the clout from inspiring English sources

On the surface, it's a feminist's dream: women earning more and using the clout that only hard cash can command.

Instead, he said, he was just using the clout of the federal government and the Clinton administration to broker a deal.

Now as county executive, he is using the clout of his office to make his vision reality.

Parents and university officials who used the clout list to bypass the merit-based application process, the brief said, "cannot now claim any reasonable right to privacy to cover their actions, as it is far outweighed by the newsworthiness of the scandal and the right of the public to hold accountable those responsible for perpetrating a fraud".

It has long held controlling stakes in 28 of India's 79 commercial banks, and it is not afraid to use the clout that ownership affords.On November 4th the finance minister called the bosses of state-owned banks in for a chat.

It will also use the clout it gets from the NT operating system to win the backing of hardware firms.

The aim is to streamline the system by cutting waste, improving safety and using Medicare's clout over the market to direct payments to treatments that are most effective and efficient.

Grocery chains, where most alcohol sales occur, keep merging and using their new clout to pressure wholesalers for better prices.

But really, in effect, the company is there to pay cash tribute six or seven figures worth—hoping that, down the road, the confidant will remember the bounty and use his clout to help fix the company's problems.

Merchandisers offer Poshmark's most popular accounts the opportunity to purchase items at wholesale and use their clout to sell the clothes.

Law believed so much in Conran's movie that he became one of the producers and used his clout to get Paltrow involved.