Sentence examples for need clout from inspiring English sources
To shoot a film in black and white on a major studio picture you needed clout, like Scorsese with Raging Bull or Spielberg with Schindler's List.
Lindenmayer said it was "too early to judge" whether the Coalition would improve matters, but added that the threatened species commissioner role needed clout for it to succeed.
Black Swan Green provides the shortlist for the Costas - the awards formerly known as the Whitbreads - with some much needed clout.
The presidency - designed to boost efficiency and give Europe some badly needed clout on the world stage - is the biggest issue in the part of the treaty dealing with how power should be distributed.
Latinos need political clout for their entire community".
Furthermore, it did not need the clout of ICI.
We need political clout to make those things happen.
So country managers need more clout over sourcing and the flow of goods as well as over marketing.However, that is not the end of the story.
When he gets down to this kind of thing, the nitty gritty of pork barrel, interest rates, public procurement... you need the clout of the European Union.
Cable bosses also say they need more clout to compete against growing online-video services like Netflix, although they already control the internet pipes through which Netflix is delivered.
