powerful advocate

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerfulandadvocate

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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advocate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæd.və.kət/us
/ˈæd.və.kət/
a lawyer who defends someone in a ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandadvocatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The city's mayor had worked for the bus company and was apowerfuladvocateof public transport.
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I was going to say that, if he did, it would have a verypowerfuladvocate.
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It is apowerfuladvocateand it is a pretty resolute opponent.
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He is apowerfuladvocatefor his constituents on matters of transport, and he has spoken powerfully about today's railway system.
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There is no morepowerfuladvocatethan the converted critic.
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I am sure that he is apowerfuladvocate.
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I have known a grandmother who was a verypowerfuladvocate.
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He is apowerfuladvocateof the present electoral system.
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On the appointment, we want apowerfuladvocateto examine children's issues.
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I know only too well what apowerfuladvocatehe has been for his cause over the years.
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He is a strong andpowerfuladvocateof the schools, pupils and governors in his constituency.
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She was apowerfuladvocateand berated us about regulations.
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He has been apowerfuladvocateof the interests of his part of the country.
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He was a man of independent mind and apowerfuladvocatefor what he believed to be right.
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He is apowerfuladvocateof reforms in how the economy is managed and of international development.
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He has rightly been apowerfuladvocateof this important part of a child's educational experience.
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He is apowerfuladvocateof any cause he takes up.
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He is nopowerfuladvocateof nationalisation.
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He sought common agreement between men of all social classes to put into practice the reform of social conditions of which he was apowerfuladvocate.
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He tempts me to engage in a debate with him on competitive exchange rates, as he came over as apowerfuladvocateof floating exchange rates.
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