noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weak leader/ruler/king etc
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a weak and ineffective president
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
colonial
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There was never much doubt about which language the colonial rulers would use in local administration.
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After years of persecution by colonial rulers , Orisha worshipers only recently had their religion officially recognized by the government.
military
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But, at least in the short term, a new military ruler looks to be the likely outcome.
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He also instructed those around him in these arts, and was far from being just a powerful military ruler .
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Unlike past military rulers , General Musharraf has neither imposed martial law nor suppressed fundamental rights.
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Mr Obasanjo was running the country on that occasion too, but as a military ruler .
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But it also raises questions for the increasingly unpopular military rulers .
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He defeated the military ruler , Gen.
new
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The Gallo-Romans quickly reached accommodation with the new rulers , despite differences in culture and religion.
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The new ruler of the gods owed Prometheus much for helping him conquer the other Titans, but he forgot his debt.
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These problems reveal the contradictions within the newly independent society, particularly the contradictions between the new rulers and the masses.
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Milan challenged the new ruler and for its troubles was razed to the ground in 1162.
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But, at least in the short term, a new military ruler looks to be the likely outcome.
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The new rulers and the newly formed political societies of the post-Renaissance period lacked political experience.
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A poor response from Valencia was easily overcome and within the city there was much murmuring against the new ruler .
secular
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Both Luther and Calvin accepted that secular rulers had no jurisdiction over spiritual matters.
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It did not imitate the variability of the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain.
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But this quasi-sacerdotal character was no longer an important aid to the power of secular rulers .
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It was also in the interest of secular rulers that Catholic orthodoxy was maintained.
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The response of the secular rulers depended on a wide variety of factors, but mostly it was conditioned by political considerations.
■ VERB
become
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Generally, however, they must have been concerned to persuade him to become an amenable ruler .
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By 1146 Henry had become ruler of Saxony.
rule
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While there were improvements in standard in a number of areas, Britain's control emphasised the distance between rulers and ruled .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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King Priam was a firm, but just ruler .
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Ramses II, ruler of Egypt in 13,000 BC
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Several countries have condemned Nigeria's military rulers for human rights abuses.
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Some regimes are governed by hereditary rulers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the accounts I have examined agree, more or less, that Zeus is the ruler of the cosmos.
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Both rulers and ruled may believe that some issues are not a matter for public concern.
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Despite his arrogance and cruelty towards opponents, he had been a remarkably enlightened and often liberal and generous ruler .
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Mr Obasanjo was running the country on that occasion too, but as a military ruler .
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No earthly ruler dared interfere with the civil life of his church and kingdom.
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The rulers promptly monopolized it for their own regalia and as a medium for bestowing honour and obligations on their retainers.
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They had been imprisoned there by a long dead ruler , Llud.
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When his worship spread to a town where there was already a divine ruler the two were slowly fused into one.