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lever of power

collocation in English

meanings of leverand power


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lever
noun[C]
uk /ˈliː.vər/ us /ˈlev.ɚ/
a bar or handle that moves around a fixed point, so that one end of it can be pushed or pulled in order to control the operation of a machine or move a heavy or ...
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power
noun
uk /paʊər/ us /ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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Examples of lever of power


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There has been no proof in the world so far that you would be less arrogant if you held the leverofpower in your hands.
Governments are prone to the temptation to grab any leverofpower and to pull on it as hard as possible.
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There has been no proof in the world so far that you would be less arrogant if you held the leverofpower in your hands.
Governments are prone to the temptation to grab any leverofpower and to pull on it as hard as possible.
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Introduced into hierarchical systems, market mechanisms entailed strong claims for system improvement, the deployment of visible levers of power and new performance measures.
What better sums up a political grouping of egocentric politicians who are desperately frantic to get their fingers on the levers of power?
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They are not mature conspirators controlling large fortunes, whose hands are on the levers of power.
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We intend to exercise that power of decision and control over the levers of power in so far as we can.
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They want to get their hands on the levers of power.
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We are losing the very levers of power that we on the left used to believe enabled us to do something about unemployment.
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Secondly, however, it would remove one of the main levers of power and influence that we have in the changes.
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In the engineering disciplines, the levers of power are in the hands of 3,767 men and a mere 29 women.
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I am saying that we have lost control of the levers of power in this place.
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The aim of that civilised society must be to keep them away from the levers of power.
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It is the people who participate and hold the levers of power that matter.
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Control of money is the absolute basis of the levers of power in this respect.
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They have their hands on the levers of power, and they have been extraordinarily timid in the way in which they have used that power.
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The levers of power are still in the hands of those who have been controlling them throughout the rebellion.
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It would spend years filching and fighting to haul the levers of power away from the functional departments and into its own territory.
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It wants to get its hands on the levers of power and pull them.
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His hand is upon the levers of power.
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