Sentence examples for which wield from inspiring English sources

But export-oriented businesses and state-owned companies, which wield tremendous clout within the Communist regime, say the weak currency is vital for economic growth.

The other five, which wield vetoes and are permanent, are America, Russia, China, Britain and France, roughly speaking the victors of the last long-ago world war.

Since the mid-1990s, more than 1,200 hospital mergers have resulted in large hospital systems, which wield their market power to extract excessive prices from insurers.

But Mr. McGreevey has run up against a brick wall in the form of Rutgers's volunteer governing bodies, which wield what amounts to veto power on the plan under a 1956 state law.

In 1998, there were 60 wholesalers routing magazines to most of the nation's newsstands; now there are just four, which wield increased leverage over magazines struggling to get into consumers' hands.

If there is any silver lining, the trends appear to have somewhat curbed Albany's appetite for extending pension enhancements to public employees to placate labor unions, which wield enormous clout and lobbying dollars in the capital.

The issue is further complicated by the Orthodox Church, which wields enormous political power in Georgia.

Yet the central problem is found in the petroleum ministry, which wields vast unaccountable power.

It was some anonymous committee of the wise which wielded the axe, not the parliament.

An overwhelming majority of Greeks belong to the church, which wields considerable political clout.

But the scandal is difficult for Israel, which wields considerable influence on American foreign policy, and bad news for George Bush.