1.   And lenders are often loath to lend to worker-owned companies where the rank and file has too big a say.

2.   Both Telekom Malaysia and SBC have said they want a big say in the management of Telkom South Africa.

3.   But they are also an influential lobbying group in Albany that has had a big say in how the state pays for the services they provide.

4.   Designing a Web-based product that allows consumers to have a big say in the product design process put Hallmark employees into new territory.

5.   Even with an admissions board, John Mahoney is going to have a big say in who gets in.

6.   Fleet will have a say in who gets the prizes, but federal regulators will have a big say in the matter as well.

7.   Given its ties with Beijing, Cosco may have a big say in whether China endorses the outcome of those negotiations.

8.   He will have a big say in the selection of federal judges.

9.   Now, nearly a quarter century later, Swire will have a big say in the use of electronic information in the United States.

10.   The festival is controlled from Salzburg, but Viennese bureaucrats, politicians and press have a big say in its operation and image.