Sentence examples for clout over from inspiring English sources

And Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris appears to carry some clout over selections.

If not, did you still have some clout over them? A. Exactly.

But a closer look at Jaguar Financial raises questions about whether it really has clout over RIM's strategies.

The country's diplomatic clout over the past decade was due not only to Mr Blair's personal oomph.

The Kurdish regional government (KRG) has steadily expanded its political and economic clout over the past decade.

The party established the union, which has paid it back with money and political clout over the years.

Mr. Wright has survived and even thrived at the center of swirling changes in media over the last two decades, standing as both a supporter of the clout left over from the dominant days of the broadcast networks and an unflagging advocate for adaptation and change.

For Bayer, whose pharmaceuticals business has stumbled, the move gives the company more clout in over-the-counter treatments and greater geographical balance in that business, which Bayer executives expect to reach 2.4 billion euros ($3 billion) after the merger.

There were big sixes too, clouted over square leg and midwicket.

Before the new house went up, clouts over the center field fence between the scoreboard and green water tanks were still home runs.

Steve Smith was so bereft of positives that a few dicey Adam Voges reverse sweeps straight to point and a couple of Mitchell Marsh clouts over the infield were deemed by the captain to be signs of evolution, courage and intent.