Sentence examples for into the clout from inspiring English sources
Mr. Monti said the lack of politicians gave the cabinet independence, but it remains to be seen whether that translates into the clout needed to change the laws and customs of a postwar welfare state built on a patronage culture that dates back centuries.
In the trial that started Monday, Fitzsimmons and other officials are being forced to answer under oath detailed questions about how the university recruits and admits a class and how it takes race and other factors into account — including the clout of alumni and donors.
It also has thrust into the spotlight the clout that major defense contractors often wield on the political process.
This week also saw a report from the Royal Society's City Growth Commission into ways of boosting the clout of England's big cities.
On Tuesday Phil Larder opened up a debate into the predatory clout of the Wallaby elbow, as used by Nathan Grey on the chin of Richard Hill.
The combination would have transformed Comcast from an ordinary cable operator -- of the type that are increasingly being treated by Wall Street like reliable but slow-growing utilities -- into a media company with the clout to battle Time Warner, Viacom and the News Corporation.
Now Songkick's goal is to build up the clout abroad to break into ticketing in the U.S., where 60percentt of its users are.
This is a greatest hits list, in the positive sense, for those of us who have good downtown jobs, and/or live near downtown, or who would like to send our children to good, nearby schools, (but don't have the clout to get them into the good ones that presently exist).
Mr Lafontaine has the clout.
