Sentence examples for clout project from inspiring English sources

Because of the legendary D'Amato clout, project opponents quickly voiced fear that it had the inside track for approval.

Its huge oil discoveries turbocharged Brazil's economy, enabling the country to project clout when it was awarded the Olympics.

Waititi and Gufaston's clout lends the project a credibility that, say, Lifetime's seemingly exploitative Jackson biopic cannot claim. .

Such an alliance could provide Ms. Fields with political clout to win projects for her constituents, while giving Mr. Giuliani a rare boost from a black Democratic public official as he is running for the United States Senate.

For the startups, this was a chance to win valuable clout for their projects.

As a successful television and film star he finally had the clout to get the project rolling.

But it was not until three years ago, Mr. Krane writes, that the actor believed that it was time to use his box-office clout to bring the project to fruition.

Richardson has the clout to shepherd the project through today's labor-shortage minefield.

Many of the current box-office giants have more in common with actors such as Jack Nicholson, who used his clout to get difficult projects off the ground.

The aim is to put communities in the driving seat of neighbourhood planning, which Spacehive achieves by providing a tool that gives communities collective financial clout to deliver popular projects independently of councils.

That could set up a new confrontation with Congress, where the corps has considerable political clout since its construction projects bring jobs and money to districts around the country.