Sentence examples for had less clout from inspiring English sources

Mr. Warnock said Mr. Jobs would have proceeded more cautiously when the company had less clout.

Nevada wasn't the only state with potentially suitable geology, but it had less clout in Congress.

He also said that the average Twitter account had less clout than many might think.

Indian women tend to have less clout than their African counterparts.

As a result, ministers (frequently reshuffled) have less clout than presidential chief secretaries.

For better or worse, Mrs Bakoyiannis has less clout in Nicosia than her predecessors did.

The NHS provides health care to all at a much lower total cost, but patients have less clout.

Popular culture has never been entirely monolithic — someone, somewhere, has no opinion on Michael Jackson or "Titanic" — but 21st-century stardom has less clout, less scope.

"Heads of research councils and university vice-chancellors have less clout than in the past and too often succumb to the management-speak of metrics, impact and suchlike".

Mobile parks with rides that can be moved, like carnivals and state fairs, have less clout and are not exempted from federal regulation.

No one in the transit system has less clout than people who ride the buses of the suburbs, so no one got whacked as hard.