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commanding height

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meanings of commandingand height


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commanding
adjective
uk /kəˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/ us /kəˈmæn.dɪŋ/
having the authority to ...
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height
noun[C or U]
uk /haɪt/ us /haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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Another scheme for consideration is aid for that commandingheight of the economy—poultry processing.
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It is not necessarily the commandingheight, but it is an important height.
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There was one real fallacy in the concept of steel as a commandingheight.
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The commandingheight has become a sombre depth to the taxpayer.
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One wonders for how long a commandingheight of the economy can remain a commandingheight if it makes losses on this scale.
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It was once the commandingheight, but it is not any more.
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It is not a commandingheight of the economy.
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This industry has been variously described as a commandingheight and as one of the most vulnerable industries in the country.
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It is not a commandingheight.
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Many of us on this side have fought hard for many years to ensure that this great commandingheight of the economy should be managed in the national interest.
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It is perhaps not at the commandingheight that it once was because we recognise that new technology and new production methods have introduced new materials and so on.
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We all agree that, now, the commandingheight of the economy is the training of our young people in preparation for 1992 and the next century.
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That is the real commandingheight.
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Festive corner pavilions of commandingheight and adorned by pillars and statues were to replace the medieval towers.
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Its highest peak has a commandingheight of 170 feet (52 m).
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Cawdrey was aware of the extent to which most (though not all) women of his class were cut off from the commanding heights of language.
Such measures must involve not only taking over private industries and companies but conquering the commanding heights.
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Steel is no longer one of the commanding heights of the economy nor is it a public utility.
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It cannot be done without effective economic planning, and without public ownership of some of the commanding heights of our economy.
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Is it his aim to seize the commanding heights and to carry the revolution one stage further politically?
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