Sentence examples for clout of two from inspiring English sources

With £12m and the clout of two research councils behind it, the Religion & Society research programme marks a sea change in how we think about religion: in short, for the first time in a long time lots of us think that religion matters.

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

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.

He worries in particular about the growing clout of the five or six biggest web firms, which encourage users to stay within "walled gardens" of related sites and apps.

The first summit meeting of the so-called BRIC group — Brazil, Russia, India and China — is intended to underscore the rising economic clout of these four major developing countries and their demand for a greater voice in the world.

Herman Cain has a clout score of eighty-four, whicrusheshes all of them, even though he has only one-eighth as many followers as Gingrich.

Illinois carries the clout of the Big Ten, the conference that has produced the last five N.C.A.A. champions.

China's clout makes a mockery of two guiding tenets of its charm offensive: relations on the basis of equality; and non-interference.That calls for a new diplomacy.