Sentence examples for necessary clout from inspiring English sources

But the now-empowered bail-out fund doesn't have the necessary clout.

But they all raised fears the ISC was still too sympathetic to the agencies and lacked the necessary clout to stand up to them.

Neill said Truss's predecessor, Michael Gove, had had "the necessary clout" to push through prison reforms in the face of opposition from politicians and pressure groups.

Mr. Bush favored the war in Vietnam, but he had the necessary clout to ensure that he wouldn't have to serve there.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev, Mr. Putin's protégé, seems to have the desire to do more, but as yet he lacks the necessary clout.

Updated at 9.54pm GMT 6.51pm GMT The inquiry chairman concludes that the regulator lacks independence and the necessary clout to enforce its code of conduct or to punish those newspapers that break it.

They, too, had the necessary mental clout.

As states consider this report in Geneva, those with the necessary international clout, including the UK, France and other European states, must lead the way to ending impunity.

One motive for running now might be to build up the necessary political clout to mount a more effective campaign in 2008.

It can no longer wield the political or institutional clout necessary to enforce a strict code of silence.

The result packs a nasty gangland punch, but lacks the Corleone clout necessary to back up its much-discussed blood-and-honour themes.