But since they will pay for whatever pipeline is built, their recommendation carries great weight.

"And my recommendation carries quite a lot of weight around here, a fact I'm sure you already know."

"My recommendation would carry a good deal of weight, of course."

Note that, beyond being objectionable on their face, these recommendations carry an educational opportunity cost.

But the committee's recommendations generally carry great weight on tax matters.

While these recommendations do not carry the weight of state regulations, they can be enforced.

So this comprehensive preparatory work means that the report and its recommendations carry great weight.

However, since our people have minds less individualistic than average, I may add that my recommendation will carry great weight.

My recommendations will carry more weight if I have done a good job fast.

But in such cases the prosecutors' recommendation about sentencing often carries great weight.