Sentence examples for has sufficient clout from inspiring English sources

But no single national authority has sufficient clout.

Neither Mr. Jiang nor Mr. Hu has sufficient clout to name a future leader single-handedly.

Brand experts think "brand Mellon" has sufficient clout to launch more than a clothing line, suggesting she could even put her surname – albeit one retained from her failed marriage to US banking heir Matthew Mellon — to an upmarket hotel or restaurant.

A store like Wine Exchange is large enough, and has sufficient clout among distributors, that Meyer can leverage even better margins above already discounted offers.

But, unlike in football, these nations have sufficient clout to set the rules.

The Times reports corporate executives complaining that while Labour's Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna are "well regarded in corporate circles" and have been "heavily courted", they do not have "sufficient clout" to rein in Miliband.

The only way that combined authorities or any other northern institutions that arise out of current plans will be able to help deliver the northern powerhouse is if they have sufficient clout and intelligence to use their growing freedoms effectively.

He thought Shell was likely to intervene and would have sufficient clout to save Saro-Wiwa.

"The militancy still has the wherewithal in Punjab … they have sufficient clout and power, and they continue to operate," said Ayesha Siddiqa, an independent expert on security affairs.

Critics perceived the group to have sufficient clout with WWF owner Vince McMahon, becoming dominant wrestling figures in the WWF for several years in the mid-1990s.

I was appalled to learn that even in the face of the environmental calamity that continues to mushroom in the Gulf of Mexico, oil lobbyists have sufficient political clout to withstand restrictions on offshore drilling.