Sentence examples for has less clout from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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.

The governor's proposal to improve oversight of nonprofit groups caring for vulnerable people is less fraught, because the nonprofit sector has less clout in Albany, and most of its employees are not unionized.

In turn, it can squeeze suppliers of generics–it has less clout with branded drugs, which have no competition to service the likes of Kmart, Walgreens and CVS.

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

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

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

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

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

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