transfer of power
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftransferandpower
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transfer
noun
uk/ˈtræns.fɜːr/us/ˈtræns.fɝː/
the movement of something or someone from one place, position, etc. ...
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power
noun
uk/paʊər/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition oftransferandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both events occur in contexts involving thetransferofpowerobjects during the course of investiture.
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But they required that thetransferofpowerbe unhurried, orderly, and honourable.
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What place did entrenched business groups occupy in thetransferofpower?
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Does the polity have institutionalized procedures for thetransferofpower?
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Due to this disjointedtransferofpower, issues of relief were largely swept under the carpet until the 1820s.
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They seemed to reach an agreement on a second round strategy, making the long awaitedtransferofpowerpossible.
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These are authoritative chapters on the political implications of the contentious constitutional questions of the decolonization process and thetransferofpower.
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Meanwhile, social security expenditures began to rise as democracy was further consolidated as a result of thetransferofpowerfrom the ruling party to the opposition.
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The essentially untroubledtransferofpoweron three occasions over the last 15 years indicates that the nation has, by and large, confidence in its electoral institutions.
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So he was particularly anxious that no unpleasantness should mar thetransferofpowercelebrations in which he would play viceroy for the last time.
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Thetransferofpowerand high politics of partition overwhelmed provincial politics, and those politicians who were unable to swim with the tide were forced into abeyance.
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Indeed, the analysis of these relations in areas where suchtransferofpowerhas not taken place can be equally revealing of the impact of supranational institutions on political outcomes.
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Since it justified thetransferofpoweraway into the hands of the emergent bourgeoisie, it was accepted as 'good'.
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He was the proponent of thetransferofpowerto the liberal bourgeoisie, and, in a way, ' the architect of moderately confrontational dual power ' (p. 27).
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Though the central government will still act as an arbiter between sub-national units, and may actually be strengthened by decentralisation, thetransferofpoweras planned is significant.
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Business interests, many of which had already adapted to thetransferofpower, were reluctant to jeopardize their future trading prospects by an alliance with diehards.
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In these circumstances, thetransferofpowerwould either have to be delayed or be carried out on the basis of the existing notional boundaries.
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This variable measures the extent to which the polity has institutionalized procedures for thetransferofpower.
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Or was it also the compulsions of a political situation created by thetransferofpowerprocess between 1945 and 1947 that precipitated such an unusual alliance?
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Ambedkar's struggle, therefore, was to reverse this political tide released by thetransferofpowerprocess and affirmed by the other dominant political groups in the country.
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