Sentence examples for given greater clout from inspiring English sources

There was also the possibility that General Zinni would be given greater clout by Washington.

But Mr Obama's people say no to heftier military aid unless Mr Maliki forms a less sectarian government, to include Sunnis and Kurds in senior posts.The collapse of the Iraqi army in the north has already given greater clout to Iraqi Shia militias such as Asaib Ahel al-Haq, trained and to some extent directed by Iran.

When individual players are made to seem larger or are given greater clout than they actually have, that prompts us to expect outcomes that cannot be delivered--and also encourages us to believe that we don't have to help solve the nation's problems, because we certainly do not measure up to the perfection we have been shown.

Among them is a proposal that would modify the way state lawmakers are chosen, giving greater clout to rural areas.

Yet everyone is agreed that if the council's decisions are to have greater political clout, they must be given greater legitimacy.Now the panel of wise men and women, among them Brent Scowcroft, President George Bush senior's national security adviser, and Yevgeny Primakov, a former Russian prime minister, believes it may have hit on a winning formula.

He describes himself as lucky: "This gives me greater clout in the Muslim community".

But the Tories are making clear that new planning rules will give communities greater clout in blocking them.

But a combined Mars and Wrigley will control some 14% of the global market, compared to Cadbury's 10%, giving them greater clout with retailers.

Yet Microsoft-Yahoo! would have a market share of only 18% in search advertising and 30% in display, according to Oppenheimer, an investment bank.Still, the takeover would give Microsoft greater clout in other areas.

"There are other radio companies out there that have some urban-oriented formats, but Radio One is the only one that is dedicated to these formats; this gives them greater clout with advertisers," said Paul T. Sweeney, broadcasting analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston.

Such is Naver's grip on the market that Yahoo! and Google have just agreed to combine some of their services in South Korea, in order to give them greater clout against the local giant.Although Google is having trouble making any headway in South Korea, it may have more of a chance in China, where the market leader, Baidu, has been hit by a series of scandals.