leading advocate

collocation in English

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leading
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈliː.dɪŋ/
very important or ...
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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 ofleadingandadvocatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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David was aleadingadvocateof the use of market-based instruments, such as pollution taxes, tradeable permits, and compensation for conservation.
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But the government, previously theleadingadvocateof more generous producer prices, was now the leading opponent.
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The principle condition is that in substantial hearings the employed solicitor could not be the sole orleadingadvocate.
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The skills and experience needed to be a judge can be found in a successful litigation solicitor as well as aleadingadvocate.
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This is narrower, but will still ensure, for example, that professional rules cannot prevent employed advocates from appearing as the sole orleadingadvocatein a substantive case.
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Britain is aleadingadvocateof the comprehensive test ban treaty and of the non-proliferation treaty.
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Budd, the economist, has discredited yet again an area of activity for which he was aleadingadvocate.
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In the decades since its establishment, the association is recognized as aleadingadvocatefor producers of domestic oil and gas.
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She is aleadingadvocateof capital punishment in the party.
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Calhoun was aleadingadvocateof slavery, and his attempts to get an annexation treaty passed were resisted by abolitionists as a result.
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For example, although aleadingadvocatefor high-pressure engines, it would not be until the 1830s that such engines definitively replaced low-pressure designs.
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He was aleadingadvocatefor the woman suffrage movement, introducing resolutions in its behalf.
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Sher is aleadingadvocateof foundational holism, a holistic theory of epistemology.
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He is aleadingadvocateof laser propulsion for space launch and in-space propulsion.
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He has been aleadingadvocatefor natural law theory over the past twenty years.
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He was aleadingadvocateof the value of nautical surveying in relation to naval operations.
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She has for decades been aleadingadvocatefor numerous causes, perhaps most prominently for mental health research.
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He was aleadingadvocateof pathological physiology.
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He is aleadingadvocateof liberalism and a champion of individuality.
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Dale has been aleadingadvocatefor agricultural interests and was the prime sponsor of organ donor legislation.
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