powerful constraint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpowerfulandconstraint
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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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constraint
noun
uk/kənˈstreɪnt/us/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We conclude that perceptual grouping by common fate exerted a morepowerfulconstraintthan spatial proximity, a result consistent with object-based attention.
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While voters can impose apowerfulconstrainton governments' choices, electoral forces alone cannot fully explain how governments address distant problems.
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Respect for religion used to be apowerfulconstrainton human behaviour.
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Religious objections have also been apowerfulconstraint, and still are in many parts of the world, on artificial methods of birth control.
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That has been apowerfulconstraint.
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These allow powerful constraints to be placed on the nature and conditions of crustal tectonics during magmatism.
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However, as one of our study sites illustrated, there are powerful constraints on agencies and individuals challenging old relationships of power and control, despite facilitative structural change.
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Fox emphasizes the importance of effective education in cross-cultural sensitivity for medical students and other health professionals, but she recognizes the powerful constraints in existing training programs.
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It seems to me that there are powerful constraints on any diminution of rights.
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There are powerful constraints on the governing bodies, in two forms.
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Not so many years ago, there were other powerful constraints, most of which, sadly, have fallen away, leaving only the criminal law as our defence against deviant behaviour.
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However, caution should be taken when drawing on antecedent genres because sometimes antecedent genres are capable of imposing powerful constraints.
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