a seat at the table

With operations in nearly every corner of the planet, Exxon always seems to get a seat at the table when big projects arise.

It buys you a seat at the table and it gives you credibility with your peers and with the people who work with you.

Seniority-based advancement ensures that directors have been vetted for years by the time they get a seat at the table.

We've spent so many decades arguing with businesspeople that we need a seat at the table. It was a war to make that case.

The American people deserve a seat at the table in this debate as well.

Certainly those with small stakes in the 'big four' state-owned banks never expected much, being happy just to have a seat at the table.

When you're out to dinner, does your BlackBerry occupy a seat at the table?

Many have listed their shares abroad, giving the party a seat at the table in global capital markets.

China is part of the WTO trade dispute resolution process and China has a seat at the table.

For decades, British diplomacy has been guided by a determination to keep a seat at the table.

The insurance industry had a seat at the table.

This time, says Mr Clark, his industry wants comprehensive reform and even has "a seat at the table. "

in fact , some mississippians see it as a selling point : they think that mr barbour ' s connections give their state a seat at the table.

In 2009, Gaddafi was given a seat at the table during the G-8 summit in Italy.

But most covet a seat at the table.

insist on taking a seat at the table