Sentence examples for formal clout from inspiring English sources

The 200-member Digital Video Broadcasting project has no formal clout, but national regulators anxious to see a common standard in Europe are likely to take heed.Britain's Yardley Group, a venerable cosmetics firm, was placed in receivership after running up debts of nearly $200m.

The 84-year old incumbent even maintained his clout after scandals engulfed him in 2010, leading to his formal censure by Congress for such lapses as failing to pay all his taxes (an awkward mis-step for the then-chairman of the House's tax-writing committee).

Clancy thought that quantitative data would give her work in this area more clout, so she and several other researchers collaborated to conduct a more formal survey and interview study, which they called the Survey of Academic Field Studies SAFEE).

Today, less than two dozen states -- an eclectic mix of mostly Central American, African and Pacific island countries -- still maintain formal diplomatic relations with the ROC, a testament to the growing economic and political clout of mainland China in the 1970s and 1980.

But she points to the charity's founding statute, which gives it a formal role promoting the preservation of lands and buildings of beauty or historic interest, and acknowledges it wields considerable clout in public debates.The row over planning laws is not over.

Mr Giscard has no formal say in the highly sensitive matter, but as president of the convention examining the constitutional future of Europe, he carries considerable intellectual clout.

Clout pays off again.

"He had clout.

Coreper has huge clout.

"The EU has clout.

Apple has similar clout.