powerful engine
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpowerfulandengine
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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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engine
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.dʒɪn/us/ˈen.dʒɪn/
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandenginefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In both countries social mobility was apowerfulenginefor the new elite groups in provincial towns.
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That fund will act as a shock absorber to thepowerfulengineof globalisation.
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We have allowed ourselves to be plugged into an enormous andpowerfulengine, but we have failed to buy the toolkit.
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It is a quieter engine and a morepowerfulengine.
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Successful tourist development is apowerfulengineof economic regeneration.
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The one coming up, with a morepowerfulengine, will carry 65 passengers at 250 miles per hour.
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It seems to have in it apowerfulenginewith which to advance their cause.
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Recent experience in this country shows what apowerfulenginecapitalism is for economic growth and increasing prosperity.
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Such a premium, much more than any regulation, would be the mostpowerfulenginein driving up standards.
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That is a terrifyinglypowerfulenginefor getting money out of criminals.
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It would turn the provision from a modest measure of support for democracy to apowerfulenginefor discrediting it.
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The prospect improves further as we approach production of the new vehicle which we are to produce with a morepowerfulengineand automatic transmission.
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In place of the old two-stroke engine and manual transmission the newer models have a morepowerfulengineand automatic transmission.
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In the case of the flying boat the difficulty appears to be getting a sufficientlypowerfulengine.
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Next is innovation as the mostpowerfulenginefor economic growth and, therefore, the essentiality of a fundamental link between industry and innovation.
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The coroner's jury added to their verdict a rider to the effect that the boat should have been provided with a morepowerfulengine.
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We are part of apowerfulenginefor change.
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Furthermore, lower taxation is apowerfulengineof employment.
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I have described a verypowerfulenginefor putting an end to the evil of the slums.
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The solution under that approach would be to apply a morepowerfulengineto the mincing machine so that the mincing could be done more quickly.
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