Sentence examples for have considerable sway from inspiring English sources

The nation's governors have considerable sway here in Washington.

Even with the reforms, employers will still have considerable sway over workers.Housing is one area where the government has made progress.

Economists still do have considerable sway in our public life — even though it doesn't seem that a large number of them have been particularly prescient in warning about, or strikingly persuasive in explaining, the current economic situation.

Interestingly, the "nothing to fear" formulation has been deployed in the past by two figures who will have considerable sway on the issue within government.

Mr. Gates enjoys bipartisan support on Capitol Hill and has considerable sway within the administration.

Despite the losses, the Senate hearing last week underscored how Mr. Dimon still has considerable sway in Washington.

In Queensland particularly, where the gun lobby had considerable sway in rural electorates, opposition quickly reasserted after the massacre.

As assistant to the president and counselor to the vice president, Ms. Matalin had considerable sway in the White House because of Mr. Cheney's influence with President Bush.

But if, as now, they are controlled by different parties, the prime minister has considerable sway, for instance over the economy.

Kollitides is also a trustee of the NRA Foundation to which Freedom Group has made more than $1m in donations and holds a place on the NRA nominating committee, which has considerable sway over who can serve on the organisation's board and therefore decide policy.

(In some cases, local laws forbid Kluge from having a controlling stake, but Hatt says that Metromedia International has considerable sway, given its control over the financial, technological and managerial resources of these ventures).