Sentence examples for this clout from inspiring English sources

In the past, Viacom used this clout to help get distribution for new cable channels.

Antitrust regulators are right to look into whether the company is leveraging this clout to stymie the development of applications for its rivals, closing the door on competition.

Yet until recently the commercial vigour and spectacular population growth of Dubai, which has little oil of its own, tended to balance this clout.

And from time to time, their leaders discuss whether they have some duty to use this clout to improve working conditions.

This clout in the boardroom meant that United often appeared to be run for the benefit of its employees rather than ordinary shareholders, with higher operating costs than rivals such as American Airlines or Continental.In the event, weak labour management and bloated costs meant the shares sank, so the workers became keener to grab big pay increases to compensate for their period of austerity.

Still, this clout doesn't afford Wintour the top spot on our list of America's influential fashion editors.

This week this shifting clout was underscored by a camera-touting tourist on a remote, windswept island.

Melvin Laird, one of the most effective of them all, demanded that President Nixon sign an agreement giving him a free hand in filling the top Pentagon jobs; this conferred the clout to force big changes on the services.

But, amazingly, all this outsized clout comes free.

If we have this much clout from the margins, just imagine what we could accomplish from center-stage.

This brings clout in Swiss business life, but no international profile.These days, the symposium has many student-run rivals, especially in northern Europe.