commanding height
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommandingandheight
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commanding
adjective
uk/kəˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/us/kəˈmæn.dɪŋ/
having the authority to ...
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height
noun[C or U]
uk/haɪt/us/haɪt/
the distance from the top to the bottom of something, or the quality of ...
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(Definition ofcommandingandheightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another scheme for consideration is aid for thatcommandingheightof the economy—poultry processing.
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It is not necessarily thecommandingheight, but it is an important height.
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There was one real fallacy in the concept of steel as acommandingheight.
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Thecommandingheighthas become a sombre depth to the taxpayer.
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One wonders for how long acommandingheightof the economy can remain acommandingheightif it makes losses on this scale.
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It was once thecommandingheight, but it is not any more.
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It is not acommandingheightof the economy.
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This industry has been variously described as acommandingheightand as one of the most vulnerable industries in the country.
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It is not acommandingheight.
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Many of us on this side have fought hard for many years to ensure that this greatcommandingheightof the economy should be managed in the national interest.
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It is perhaps not at thecommandingheightthat it once was because we recognise that new technology and new production methods have introduced new materials and so on.
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We all agree that, now, thecommandingheightof the economy is the training of our young people in preparation for 1992 and the next century.
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That is the realcommandingheight.
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Festive corner pavilions ofcommandingheightand adorned by pillars and statues were to replace the medieval towers.
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Its highest peak has acommandingheightof 170 feet (52 m).
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Cawdrey was aware of the extent to which most (though not all) women of his class were cut off from the commanding heights of language.
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Such measures must involve not only taking over private industries and companies but conquering the commanding heights.
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Steel is no longer one of the commanding heights of the economy nor is it a public utility.
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It cannot be done without effective economic planning, and without public ownership of some of the commanding heights of our economy.
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Is it his aim to seize the commanding heights and to carry the revolution one stage further politically?
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