Sentence examples for less clout from inspiring English sources

And the sector holds less clout.

Moreover, Mr Haider himself now wields far less clout.

Mr. Warnock said Mr. Jobs would have proceeded more cautiously when the company had less clout.

Nevada wasn't the only state with potentially suitable geology, but it had less clout in Congress.

Indian women tend to have less clout than their African counterparts.

As a result, ministers (frequently reshuffled) have less clout than presidential chief secretaries.

Medicaid, however, provides health insurance for the most vulnerable, who have far less political clout.

As a result, it has less political clout to pressure markets.

In Europe, the I.M.F. is a minority creditor, with less financial clout than the European Union.

Pro-Europeans argue that Britain would have less negotiating clout if it left the biggest single market in the world.

Medicaid, which serves poorer people, is paid for partly by state governments, and the poor have less political clout than the elderly, so it is less well financed.