First Minister Salmond pointed out that Scottish ideals still carry weight in the world.
In Mr Putin's Russia it is informal arrangements, rather than such formalities as elections, that carry weight.
Since South Africa is the closest thing Africa has to a superpower, Mr Mbeki's views should carry weight.
He felt that his call would carry weight given that it would be coming from a British, Eurosceptic Conservative.
But either foreign ideas carry weight by butressing judicial arguments, or they don't.
The group promotes responsibility within the alcohol sector and its findings, although not legally binding, carry weight within the industry.
However, Rafsanjani still wields considerable clout, and his endorsement will carry weight.
So their views, which do not match Mr Thant's, also carry weight.
Moral, economic, legal and political arguments can and should carry weight.
Pape's standard of religious difference does carry weight here, as does the democracy requirement, at least regarding the Spaniards, but the same cannot be said for the Yemeni government.
Since General Assembly resolutions have no legal weight and Security Council resolutions do carry weight, Mitchell's policy represents the most anti-Israel policy ever raised by a senior US official.
For example, if an entrepreneur graduated at the top of his class from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, or Caltech, with a host of awards and achievements, it would carry weight with a potential investor.
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The cards at all these meetings include both conditions races (where horses carry the same weight subject to certain conditions, such as gender) and handicaps (where horses carry weight according to how they are officially rated).
And while she may not have come home with eight gold medals--she had to settle for three silvers--you'd think what eats and wears would carry weight with 30- to 50-year-old working mothers, who make the bulk of the purchasing decisions in their homes.
"As the Government goes down the route of championing vocational education they need to make their mind up as to whether all qualifications are of value, or if it is simply particular academic subjects which carry weight when judging a school, " said general secretary Christine Blower.
We had a couple people at CTIA last week -- people whose words carry weight -- tell us off the record that the next major version of Android would take big strides toward stopping the ugly trend toward severe fragmentation that has plagued the platform for much of this and last year.
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This year, the Hoyas carry the weight of a new conference on their shoulders.
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Do not fact and opinion carry enough weight to guide us toward reaching a reasoned position?
Then his advice to Obama will carry the weight of the full joint chiefs.
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Public displays of confidence carry more weight than confessions of clumsiness and crippling doubt.
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Financiers know more than regulators and their voices carry more weight in a boom.
Willis turned 50 this year, but he can still carry his weight -- and then some.
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IMF-prescribed reforms would carry more weight if a real effort had been made to implement them.
However, condemnation from the US secretary of state will carry more weight, our correspondent adds.
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Because they bring with them a history of organizational relationships that carry more weight and influence.
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These are major financial contributors to politicians, liable to carry more weight than pleas from ordinary Americans.
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As someone whose negotiations kept Britain out of the euro, Sir John's advice will carry some weight.
Ultimately, net income results carry more weight than revenue and earnings drive the stock price, says Napoli.
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