Sentence examples for individual clout from inspiring English sources

But it is director and bus boss Sandy Easdale who has the most individual clout, with 5% for himself, proxy votes for 21%, and collateral for the £500,000 emergency funding he provided to see off trouble from HMRC.

So far, there is no evidence that individual groups have the clout to switch off the insurgency, even in limited areas.

And co-operation within ASEAN not only enhances its economic coherence and attractiveness to outsiders, but also gives it a diplomatic clout its individual members could never attain.

It's not the '90s, when individual senators had more clout and we could pass legislation with simple majorities.

It's amazing to think of how many important classical recordings made during the last 100 years owe their existence to the vision, enthusiasm, perseverance and clout of a single individual behind the scenes at a record company.

Those companies will have more bargaining clout than an individual elderly person but far less than the federal government.

The Bank set interest rates without regard to the size of bank balance sheets, and the FSA supervised individual banks but lacked the clout and policy tools to manage the system as a whole.

High-profile individuals can also use their clout to help spread the word about their consumer-facing investments.

"I don't think there are any individual voices that have as much clout as some of the great voices of the past did.

"As an individual," Mr. Williams said, "I have absolutely no clout.

The clout of German unions, at individual companies and in the political system, is one reason the middle class there has fared decently in recent decades.