powerful lobby

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerfulandlobby

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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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lobby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɒb.i/us
/ˈlɑː.bi/
a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandlobbyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A sympathetic media is apowerfullobbyfor policy generation.
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The composition of thatpowerfullobbyis curious to say the least.
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There is apowerfullobbywhich would like to stop heart transplants altogether.
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The main difficulty is that the motorcyclists and the motor scooterists are apowerfullobby.
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It is a verypowerfullobby.
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The women who will now be caught by the amended rules do not command such apowerfullobby.
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It has had the benefit of apowerfullobbyand highly-paid advocates in bringing this situation about.
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I am entitled to make just a few points in return against a verypowerfullobby.
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I mention that only as an illustration of thepowerfullobbywhich exists today.
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Judged by membership and frequency of public utterance against acreage, this is a verypowerfullobbyindeed.
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They are neither dockers who can go on strike nor farmers with apowerfullobby.
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After all, there could have been apowerfullobbyto obtain this representation.
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As a result, a new andpowerfullobbyhas emerged.
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I am sure we have all learned a lot, but it has become obvious that the scientists have tremendous influence and apowerfullobby.
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But the gipsies are not themselves apowerfullobbyand their cause is thought to be a loser for anyone taking it up.
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With theirpowerfullobbyin another place they are in business to make money for their directors and shareholders.
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They like sport rather less but, in view of the amount of air time it has, that is the mostpowerfullobbyin the country.
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Brewers are a powerful body of people and apowerfullobby.
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The lobby involved here is the mostpowerfullobbyin the land.
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Those who have legitimate expectations of inheriting a property form apowerfullobby.
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