Local politicians, who have a big say in their cajas, do not want to lose power.
AU, and is seen as having a big say over its deployment of troops.
The world is changing along with China and companies listen to people nowadays, especially when consumers have such a big say in their success.
New rules are also needed to make the voting power of each country in the council more proportionate to its size: the present system gives small countries a disproportionately big say.
Even in a negative scenario, such voices would struggle to win all their arguments: enlargement has given the newcomers a big say, and they are not about to harmonise away all their advantages.
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Gunners boss Arsene Wenger insists his side can still have a big say on the title race - but his bold claims looked in danger of backfiring as Dirk Kuyt gave Liverpool a deserved interval lead.
The over-cosy consensus that has given the trade unions, which are close to the Social Democrats, a big say in policy (blocking suggestions, for instance, that the retirement age should go up) may be weakened too.
Mr Klaus, prime minister until ousted last autumn, will become parliament's speaker, thereby having a big say in the legislative agenda, while agreeing in general to back Mr Zeman, his dedicated opponent of the past few years.
But when asked whether judicial nominees deserve an up-or-down vote, big majorities say yes.
But big banks say they still expect their lending to expand by another 15-20% this year.
But companies feel that the courts now have far too big a say in how they are run.
Leaders of at least one other big region say the same in private.
Yard-sharing is rare in new developments of single-family homes, big builders say, with privacy fences often required under community covenants and building codes.
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Big developers say they have the financial strength to invest abroad.
The puzzle that needs to be solved when thinking about establishing a next generation challenger brand, as Eat Big Fish say, is how do you adopt this approach without coming across as too aggressive towards the establishment?
Whether that money -- you know, whether that money is used for bonuses, whether that money is used to recoup what the taxpayers lent, it's all that same group of money, and I think what you see people that want to defend big banks say just certainly doesn't make any sense.
Such a community can find it difficult to police itself, so that little problems, say joyriding, can become big ones, say riots.
Conversely, main street merchants and big box stores say online sellers have an edge.
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" They see tax cuts for wealthy Americans and big corporations and say, "Why not more?
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Some critics would say Big Tobacco has been a latecomer to the war against smuggling.
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Consider two others: FASB Statement 8, say big multinationals, necessitates inefficient currency hedging to dampen earnings fluctuations.
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Start by looking at the big picture, say the moves from the peak seen in June 2002.
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Critics of Novartis and other big pharmaceutical companies say their products are too expensive for the Indian market.
"I have to say big congratulations to Nico, " Hamilton said after the race.
Big global players say they can leverage their access to onshore Indian markets to attract the business of the wealthiest in the diaspora.
Some Big Ten veterans say the mass slowdown coincided with one seminal event: the arrival of a certain red-sweatered fellow in Bloomington, Ind.
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Now players big and small say that the world's bookworms are ready to dump the pocket paperbacks and do their reading on the small screen.
Some say big, well funded anti-poaching units are the answer.
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