Sentence examples for further clout from inspiring English sources

This provided further clout to the next generation of "data-driven" productions.

If such an electoral pact could be formed and yield unionism two extra seats, and with them further clout in a possible hung UK parliament, this the followers of Robinson hope would create enough mutual trust to strive towards a merger.

Nevertheless, Li will gain further clout in a country where guanxi (personal relations) is key.

President Dmitry Medvedev has gone further, using naval clout in the South Atlantic as proof that Russia is returning to great-power status.

Mr Khamenei's largesse towards Mr Moin has further underscored the clout that the supreme leader enjoys from his pedestal of unaccountability.

The US supreme court will consider limiting the power of government employee unions to collect fees from non-members in a case that labor officials say could threaten membership and further weaken union clout.

First, globalization itself zaps the bargaining power of those in import-competing sectors (who are then displaced to other sectors, further lowering the clout of workers in those sectors).

This more Islamist-minded faction of the congress further strengthened its clout thanks to an "isolation law" passed in May under pressure from militiamen surrounding ministries, who insisted that anyone who had a senior post under Qaddafi should be disqualified from public office.

The prospective enemy this time is not a godless Soviet-backed regime but an emphatically Islamic one that Pakistan itself has carefully nurtured as a way of furthering twin policies: clout in Central Asia and pressure on India to settle the dispute over Kashmir, a Muslim-majority state divided between the two countries.

Her 2,000 yuan (£200) a month wages had further boosted her domestic clout.

Nobody can be sure how China will use its military and economic clout to further its own interests and, perhaps, put India's at risk.