Sentence examples for big clout from inspiring English sources
Tavola is a small shop in Westbourne Grove, west London, that carries a big clout.
New York does labor under a disadvantage: in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where big population is supposed to mean big clout, New York's mainly Democratic delegation has about as much power as the Scenic Byways Caucus.
Nicola Sturgeon has told a live TV audience in Glasgow that the SNP would have "big influence and big clout" at Westminster.
Ms Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, told the audience at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ: "What I know from experience is that if there is a minority government, opposition parties have big influence and big clout".
Foreign Policy handicaps efforts to block the sale as "an uphill battle," because the main beneficiary is General Dynamics, which FP says has big clout on the Hill.
This year, the star with biggest clout set to attend is Tom Hanks, who will be world-premiering his latest film, A Hologram for the King, at the festival.
It is the largest creditor country in the euro zone, and as chief paymaster it has the biggest clout in determining the single currency's future.The weakness of other heavyweights has added to Germany's heft.
The game is by nature hazardous and needs to be handled forcefully, and nobody comes with bigger clout than the club owners of the Premiership and the Top 14.
To secure prime space in shopping malls, it helps to belong to a holding-company convoy led by a large brand.Perhaps equally important is the big groups' clout with publishers of glossy magazines and "key opinion leaders" whose fashion-packed blogs, videos and Instagram streams reach millions of followers.
He wields big political clout in the company after becoming a member of the firm's all-important supervisory board in 2006, plus he is credited with turning around Porsche's business after taking the reins in 1993 as chief executive.
