Sentence examples for imperial clout from inspiring English sources

The demise of Russian imperial clout just may have been exaggerated.

Welsh copper clad the hull of HMS Victory and other warships that ensured military supremacy and imperial clout.

But Putin's claim to be the defender of Russian interests throughout the former Soviet space has played well at home, whipping up patriotic sentiments for recovering the nation's imperial clout.

(Johnson) 'Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor' (through Aug. 26) Since being exhumed from an imperial cemetery in the 1970s, China's terra-cotta army has been on a global Long March, moving from one sellout museum appearance to the next and serving as emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

(Johnson) 'Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor' (closes on Sunday) Since being exhumed from an imperial cemetery in the 1970s, China's terra-cotta army has been on a global Long March, moving from one sellout museum appearance to the next and serving as emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

Since being exhumed in the late 20th century the same soldiers have been on a global Long March, moving from one sold-out museum appearance to the next, and serving as, among other things, emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

(Smith) 'Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor' (through Aug. 26) Since being exhumed from an imperial cemetery in the 1970s, China's terra-cotta army has been on a global Long March, moving from one sellout museum appearance to the next and serving as emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

(Cotter) 'Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor' (through Aug. 26) Since being exhumed from an imperial cemetery in the 1970s, China's terra-cotta army has been on a global Long March, moving from one sellout museum appearance to the next and serving as emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

(Rosenberg) 'Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor' (through Aug. 26) Since being exhumed from an imperial cemetery in the 1970s, China's terra-cotta army has been on a global Long March, moving from one sell-out museum appearance to the next and serving as emblems of China's neo-imperial clout in the here and now.

Its size, imperial history, ceremony, financial clout and involvement in Europe over centuries bestow gravitas in Brussels.

The letter from the international trade secretary, Liam Fox, and the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to MITI, saying "time was of the essence" in concluding a free-trade agreement and urging "speed and flexibility" was seen as rude, impolitic and inviting Japan to disregard its interests – echoing an imperial mindset but with none of the accompanying economic clout.