Sentence examples for clout of one from inspiring English sources

The clout of one chocolate-buying brand (M&M/Mars) is behind it.

Rimel has subsequently been criticised for using the financial clout of one non-profit organisation to influence the future of another.

But in a development reflecting the waning clout of one powerful nation in the hemisphere and the rising influence of another, Brazilian political consultants have begun to compete handily with their American counterparts, orchestrating campaigns throughout Latin America and beyond.

BEIJING — The Chinese State Council has removed a crucial roadblock to building one of the nation's most contentious hydroelectric dams, dealing a decisive defeat to environmentalists critical of the project — and showcasing the clout of one of the most powerful and ambitious politicians in China.

What should obviously not be allowed to influence the decision, though it invariably does, is the political clout of one region over another.For the record, it should be noted that Houston only became the home of mission control as a result of political wrangling at the highest level in the early 1960s.

Her casting suggests that a virtual character may not have the box-office clout of a real one.

Throughout a century when the ability to make motor cars defined an economy's industrial clout, the plant – brainchild of one of Britain's automotive pioneers, Herbert Austin – was a standard bearer of British-owned volume car production.

Not many authors command that kind of clout in one territory, but they are certainly around.

He was a tennis star of international clout, until one day he froze and folded on the court; the cause remains cloudy, although it may involve his sister, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), with whom, being a good Tenenbaum, he happens to be in love.

It's also a reminder of why it would be absurd for Britain to head for the EU exit at the very moment our most severe problems require the clout of many nations rather than one standing alone.

The industry's political clout reflects its outsized role in the economy of one of the nation's poorest states.