lever of power
collocation in Englishmeaningsofleverandpower
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lever
noun[C]
uk/ˈliː.vər/us/ˈlev.ɚ/
a bar or handle that moves around a fixed point, so that one end of it can be pushed or pulled in order to control the operation of a machine or move a heavy or ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofleverandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has been no proof in the world so far that you would be less arrogant if you held theleverofpowerin your hands.
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Governments are prone to the temptation to grab anyleverofpowerand to pull on it as hard as possible.
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There has been no proof in the world so far that you would be less arrogant if you held theleverofpowerin your hands.
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Governments are prone to the temptation to grab anyleverofpowerand to pull on it as hard as possible.
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Introduced into hierarchical systems, market mechanisms entailed strong claims for system improvement, the deployment of visible levers of power and new performance measures.
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What better sums up a political grouping of egocentric politicians who are desperately frantic to get their fingers on the levers of power?
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They are not mature conspirators controlling large fortunes, whose hands are on the levers of power.
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We intend to exercise that power of decision and control over the levers of power in so far as we can.
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They want to get their hands on the levers of power.
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We are losing the very levers of power that we on the left used to believe enabled us to do something about unemployment.
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Secondly, however, it would remove one of the main levers of power and influence that we have in the changes.
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In the engineering disciplines, the levers of power are in the hands of 3,767 men and a mere 29 women.
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I am saying that we have lost control of the levers of power in this place.
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The aim of that civilised society must be to keep them away from the levers of power.
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It is the people who participate and hold the levers of power that matter.
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Control of money is the absolute basis of the levers of power in this respect.
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They have their hands on the levers of power, and they have been extraordinarily timid in the way in which they have used that power.
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The levers of power are still in the hands of those who have been controlling them throughout the rebellion.
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It would spend years filching and fighting to haul the levers of power away from the functional departments and into its own territory.
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It wants to get its hands on the levers of power and pull them.
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His hand is upon the levers of power.
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