Sentence examples for clout rather than from inspiring English sources

This is where Shell's marketing clout – rather than an equity investment – comes in.

This is staggeringly inefficient: permits would go to those with political clout rather than those who value them most.

Instead of pushing a treaty that can't accomplish its impossible goals, the Administration would be better advised to use its clout, rather than that of some planned U.N.-style bureaucracy, in getting the Russians to stop making nerve gas.Wall Street Journal editorial.

Drug flow between the brain compartment and the plasma compartment was by a clearance in (CLin) and clearance out (CLout), rather than an inter-compartmental clearance (Q).

Countering the political clout of the NRA, rather than staging peace marches, is the only tactic he believes will work in the long term.

And yet the last time I returned to my home village, I sentimentally walked the church's rough-and-ready outfield, over the bones and the memories, where once we dared to clout fours in innocent rather than ungodly pleasure.

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.

Newspapers were increasingly controlled by corporations seeking profits or prestige rather than political clout.

Trishna is for those who like their Indian food with finesse, civility and good wines, rather than clatter, clout and character.

Troubles in the luxury goods industry are causing concern for London's designers, who rely on creative influence rather than financial clout.

Most of the talk is about the cash rather than the clouting.