Sentence examples for clout of small from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, the Republican Party's tendency to reward loyal states — and give all states 10 delegates regardless of population, which increases the clout of small states — gives many small states more influence in the nominating process than they will have in the general election.

It gives disproportionate clout to small, backward provinces.

Fighting form Although a Ferrari engine and gearbox gives the car some clout, the small size of this privateer outfit means they have a fight on their hands to overtake their middleweight rivals.

The will of small towns like Kure Beach is up against the clout of eight separate governors and big business.

A big bank like Citigroup appears to have oceans of lobbying clout that a small community bank lacks.

Anyone who has any experience of how the EU works – and I have a fair amount – [knows] that big countries have more clout than small countries.

He has a "community management staff" to assist him, but his real clout is small.

As an emerging area of study, it remains small and lacks the financial and institutional clout of the bigger disciplines.

These small houses lack the financial resources and distribution clout of the conglomerates, but they do provide a badly needed alternative.

Many of China's electric bicycles are made by small privately owned firms, which lack the political clout of the state-owned enterprises that manufacture China's cars and indeed its bicycles.

Within the EU it may not carry the clout of a Germany or a France, but there are plenty of other small members with which it can make common cause.