Sentence examples for some sort of clout from inspiring English sources

It was in search of just such a miracle that Landrieu's hyperdrive stunt to will a Keystone bill over the goal line was born, in order to give Landrieu some slight opportunity to demonstrate to voters that she had some sort of clout after spending the bulk of her time presiding over the Energy and National Resources Committee as a virtual nonentity.

The wretched Mr Hendrick, still trying to assert his innocence, does not have that sort of clout.

They will now be expected to have the same sort of clout at next year's Olympics in Beijing.

Mr Wickremesinghe also seems more willing than the president to lift the ban on the Tigers, its main demand for entering peace talks brokered by Norway.The election has given the Tigers a new sort of clout in Colombo.

Ms. de Dudzeele, who has spent the better part of her career obsessing over details of self-packaging, is at home with the notion that a big bag packs power, while its smaller companion carries a different sort of clout.

In California, the movie stars, directors, financiers and attorneys who live in Malibu have a new neighbor with a different sort of clout.

We've had a successful launch of the brewery and we just don't know what sort of clout they've got.

You cannot simply buy that sort of clout or respect, but when you do have marketing budget to spare, invest in selling consumers a particular lifestyle.

Lord knows how but he's attained some sort of superpower which none of the other judges have and, without him, they have as much clout as Nick Clegg at a Tory party conference.

"I think the coalition government has been forced to try to get some sort of grip on this project, hence they have appointed someone who they think will carry some clout, however to me, it smacks of desperation".

But the micro-trend with the most clout looks likely to be clothes that feature a thick stripe, a grid or some sort of graphic colour block.