Sentence examples for increases clout from inspiring English sources

It demonstrates a show of force and increases clout.

The cross-currents now threaten to diminish India's increasing clout as a global intellectual centre.

In each of these three very different categories consumers carry increasing clout.

In a sign of their increasing clout, poor countries won a clear victory over the drug makers.

"The Lib Dems may not be a serious party," he said, "but their increased clout and Labour's decline mean they must be taken seriously".

Ms. Schultz added that the chain's recent tendency to push fashion's envelope is partly a measure of the design department's increasing clout within the company.

As the fastest-growing part of the world economy, the region will wield increasing clout at global institutions like the I.M.F. and provide more of their financing.

That increasing clout will be one of the major dynamics Dr. Kim will have to negotiate when he takes the helm of the bank on July 1.

Random House and Penguin in Merger Talks  |  The two publishers are trying to protect themselves from the increasing clout of Amazon, Apple and Google in the e-book market.

Moreover, PR firms are beginning to encroach on territory that used to be the domain of advertising firms, a sign of their increasing clout.

Conservatives challenged the act in the courts.Unease about deficits and the "jobless recovery" were factors behind the increasing clout of tea-partiers in America.