noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a band leader (= the conductor of a brass band, a military band, etc )
a community leader
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Community leaders meet regularly to discuss local problems.
a gang leader
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Gang leaders used cellphones to order the attacks.
a group leader
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There were three groups of eight people, each with a group leader.
a political leader
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a strong political leader
a project manager/leader
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The project manager is responsible for sorting this out.
a team leader
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The team leader will co-ordinate the work.
an industry leader (= one of the most successful companies in a particular industry )
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We are now a mature company and an industry leader.
elect sb (as) president/leader/mayor etc
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In 1768, John Wilkes was elected as their Member of Parliament.
loss leader
majority leader
market leader
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the UK market leader in sports shoes
minority leader
squadron leader
the brand leader (= the brand that sells the most )
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Schwartz is the brand leader for herbs and spices in the UK.
the coup leader
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The coup leaders escaped when the rest of the men were arrested.
the party leader
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He met with opposition party leaders.
undisputed leader/champion/master etc
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the undisputed world heavyweight champion
veteran politician/campaigner/leader etc
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the veteran leader of the socialist party
weak leader/ruler/king etc
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a weak and ineffective president
world leaders
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a meeting of world leaders
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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It is his task to try to involve black leaders in negotiations on constitutional reform.
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Every black leader became suspected of anti-Semitism-if not of fomenting it, then at least of tolerating it in colleagues.
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The persistence of black troubles, and the loss of faith in the old integrationist cause, has discredited traditional black leaders .
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I think he was so intense because he was the only black platoon leader in our battalion.
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But that afternoon he made a quick reverse when he sat down in his office with King, and other black leaders .
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But premier black leader he is.
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Odd how no traditional civil rights or liberal black leader stepped forth to champion her cause.
communist
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Gennady Zyuganov, the Communist party leader , called for Mr Chubais to be arrested and jailed for his policy.
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The real power lies with prime minister Zhan Videnov, a one-time Communist Party youth leader .
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I refer to the Communist leaders of the Front as the Party.
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The two now do for the private sector what they used to do for Communist Party leaders .
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Investors hoped then the team of ex-#Communist leaders would bring quicker reforms and a more stable government.
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Free world and Communist leaders alike condemned Deng and his government.
congressional
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But the measure is still pending and has the backing of the Clinton administration and congressional leaders .
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But it was clear he would face mounting pressure to intervene from not only congressional leaders but travelers.
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Republican Congressional leaders have launched a rhetorical assault against the Clinton proposal this week.
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Republicans concede that the president has an uncanny rhetorical talent that he has used effectively to put congressional leaders on the defensive.
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Weather permitting, Clinton and congressional leaders are to meet today.
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Goodwill has been in short supply on Capitol Hill as Congressional leaders have busied themselves this month trading ethics allegations.
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S., President Bill Clinton and Republican congressional leaders are scheduled to resume their budget talks later today.
democratic
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Congressional sources believe the White House saw the chance for a quick, psychologically valuable victory over the Democratic leaders .
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Gingrich and the Democratic leaders who are now under the ethics microscope are unlikely to receive such kindly treatment.
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It did so with only grudging recognition of the need for national consultations with Social Democratic leaders .
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The Democratic leader broke with the Clinton administration, which opposes the idea.
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The law bars 26 veteran legislators, including the Democratic leaders of both houses, from seeking re-election next year.
labour
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For public consumption, Labour leaders purport to have jettisoned the principles of a life-time. but how much can they be trusted?
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President Herzog granted the Labour leader a further 15 days in which to secure majority support.
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All that one can say is that he was better than the current Labour party leader .
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He defeated Denis Healey to become Labour leader the following year.
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And it provoked a furious backlash from Labour and union leaders .
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The fine print of the speeches of Labour leaders and party policy documents has changed during the 1980s.
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By that standard, the Labour leader is the perfect operator.
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Changing sides.Council Labour leader defects to the Tories.
local
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This unanimity encouraged local leaders to abstain from political initiatives and to concentrate on local and day-to-day issues.
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Under intense fiscal pressure, state and local leaders had no choice but to change the way they did business.
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So this news has come as a disappointment to local business leaders .
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Perhaps the working poor should threaten to incorporate in order to get local leaders to seriously address their plight.
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The local party leaders , anxious to rock no ideological boats in the unstable times, left them alone.
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Or local political leader whose authority has been superseded by leaders abroad?
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To that end, its project supervisors hold regular meetings with local community leaders .
main
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The interim government was not recognized by the major rebel movements. Main government leaders President of interim government: Amos Sawyer.
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Collectively, these opportunities and threats posed four main concerns for leaders: Managing assets and policies apart from people.
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An upper house representing regional leaders is to be created in 1992. Main government leaders President:Sam Nujoma.
military
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Naturally, the secret police and the military leaders were men, and they subjected their female prisoners to sexually specific tortures.
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The constitution also made military leaders directly responsible to the emperor, allowing them to bypass the cabinet.
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More than a dozen other former military leaders also are being investigated.
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This policy was attracting criticism from former military leaders and the Catholic Church, as well from the left.
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The military leader was returned to the post he first held from 1979 until 1991, when public discontent forced him out.
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Police and military leaders have insisted they are not interested in assuming power.
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The process began in January 1942 when Churchill and his military leaders came to Washington to discuss strategy.
national
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Modern electronic technologies promote radical individualism, and mass culture controls national leaders much more than national leaders control the mass culture.
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She also has a distaste for policy debates, interviews, extemporaneous speeches and many other traditional obligations of a national leader .
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Dozens of parents, students and national leaders of Latino activist groups unsuccessfully petitioned the school board for her return.
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California is certainly the national leader in just about every cultural, social, economic and political barometer.
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Ngo Dinh Diem filled a vacuum, but despite his record of integrity, he lacked the dimensions of a national leader .
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Even among national leaders who agree on current nuclear policy goals, there is disagreement how to reach them.
new
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The new leader , Vojislav Kostunica, undoubtedly will follow some policies distasteful to the West.
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It soon became evident that the new Soviet leader had some of the qualities associated with youth.
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The new military leader confirmed that Venda's situation would be put to a referendum.
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The new senate leader will join me in being a junior partner to the presidential nominee.
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Last month the Bloc elected its second new leader in the 14 months since Bouchard left.
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Judas the Maccabee emerged as the new leader of the nation.
other
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Lenin, Kerensky and the other leaders of the new order all met there.
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I think that the vast majority of the nation would expect my right hon. Friend to be there with the other leaders .
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Clinton comes from a place named Hope - and it is hope other leaders are placing on his shoulders.
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He can also make a point of talking to Mr Yeltsin and other republican leaders to offer them moral support.
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He travelled widely in the early 1970s, probably more widely than any other world leader .
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They will be trained by observing other leaders in action.
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The vote raised the possibility that charges might be brought against Suchinda and other former military leaders involved in the May unrest.
political
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It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors.
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It also is important to establish the recurrent right of the people to select political leaders who do take office.
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Their political leaders , horrified by the isolation to which the electorate had consigned the country, have rallied behind the treaty.
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The idea is to reach outside the Beltway to tap business and political leaders for ideas and insights.
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So, perhaps we're lucky just being able to watch our political leaders slug it our over speeches and television debates.
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These might include songs, chants, or activities that express allegiance to political leaders or symbols.
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The political leaders themselves were often active propagandists; both Somers and Harley, for example, wrote their own tracts.
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Psychoanalytic Approaches Traditionally, our formal knowledge about top political leaders came from relatively straight forward reports of biography and journalism.
religious
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She was mistaken only in not tearing up shots of other religious leaders also.
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A son of the great religious leader I think it was-he discovered that place where the cannery was.
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It is a system that works well for the police and for the city's religious leaders .
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It was the inspired creation of a company of gifted architects, canny financiers, and cosmopolitan religious leaders .
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Orthodoxy and national identity were inextricably intertwined, and religious leaders became the spokesmen of national revolt.
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But religious right leaders had adamantly opposed him because of his views on abortion and affirmative action.
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Enquiries emanated from government departments, newspapers, independent scholars, medical practitioners, religious leaders and philanthropic bodies.
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The power of these royals derived as much from their role as religious leaders as from their military might.
republican
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Mr Gore has attended every one of the negotiating sessions between the president and Republican leaders .
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The commission was created by Republican leaders shortly after they took control of Congress in November of 1994.
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Some Republican leaders have suggested attaching welfare, and possibly Medicaid reform, to legislation extending the federal debt ceiling.
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Self-interest now propels both Clinton and Republican leaders in Congress to reach accommodation on issues that long have divided them.
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There was no immediate comment on the proposed expansion from Republican leaders in Congress.
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Democrats want to look into the entirety of campaign finance law; Republican leaders want to focus on the White House.
soviet
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Today's Soviet leaders are the products of a long-standing tradition of thinking about war and the use of force.
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They long for the stability of a period that in fact was known for stagnation and corruption under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
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No Soviet leader until Gorbachev would have so wide a reformist programme.
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The Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was helpful toward that end and pledged monetary support.
spiritual
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Even the medieval church's spiritual leader , St Bernard of Clairvaux, wanted an explanation.
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But Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the paramount spiritual leader of Shas, is committed to peace.
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Greene was the spiritual and physical leader .
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Protestants who should have known better paid tribute to the Antichrist, the spiritual leader of the disloyal Catholics.
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The Lutherans asked Amsterdam to please send them a new spiritual leader , preferably an unmarried man.
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The young, the bold, the lowly paid and overworked, acknowledged him as their spiritual leader .
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Payne snorts when Yarbrough suggests he act more the spiritual leader .
team
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Du Pont was team leader at the Barcelona Olympics, and the annual world team trials were named after him.
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Thus, the team leader had real authority, not just cheerleading responsibility.
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Those who did so received high praise: He asked me to be a team leader .
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M -, the meeting is brought to order by Vickie, the team leader .
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Gradually, team leaders in work-unit teams change to more of a coordination rather than leadership role as the team develops.
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It is not the team leader who makes the decision, the team does.
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Unlike most working group leaders , many team leaders must learn new skills and behaviors.
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Who would be the team leader for this one? he asked himself.
union
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It is this prospect that has prompted trade union leaders with a public-sector contingent to be wary about the single currency project.
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Thomas Murray, union leader and school board member, begat James Murray, congressman and alderman.
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Still, executives and union leaders would surely protest such a plan and claim that such a plan would require unacceptable concessions.
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Though most workers remained on strike, union leaders said they agreed to let 300&038;.
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Linda Chavez-Thompson, a union leader born of sharecropper parents, became the first person of color elected to the executive office.
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The union leaders appear to be building public support for their cause, with clever use of symbolic gestures and public relations.
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The union leaders ignored the summonses, leaving the government to decide whether to arrest them.
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A judge in Seoul issued the arrest warrants after union leaders ignored three court orders this week to appear for questioning.
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business
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The potential economic boom has been welcomed by business leaders in Swindon.
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As Tark himself noted, many of the players he coached at San Joaquin Memorial are now civic and business leaders .
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In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry's business leaders to receive a baronetcy.
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Falun Gong's decision to stage demonstrations here has created a vexing dilemma for Hong Kong officials and business leaders .
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Nearly 90 percent of business leaders in the state rank civil lawsuits as their most serious problem, they say.
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I believe it is our responsibility as business leaders to manage as carefully and as compassionately as we can.
church
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In 1859 the tsar intervened personally to prevent church leaders from consigning Belliustin to a monastery in the White Sea.
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Northern church leaders used equally strong language about their southern counterparts.
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You are also asked to keep your church leaders informed of your involvement so that they can ensure you are adequately supported.
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Civic and church leaders are turning to downtown businesses for help in replacing shrinking government resources.
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Here was a civil servant exercising obvious power in the choice of a Church leader .
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The majority of biblical figures, whether patriarchs, prophets, priests, disciples or church leaders , are male.
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The new generation of church leaders seems convinced that the cause of unity will be better served by plain speaking.
community
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The security forces have raided the camps, captured community leaders and stolen possessions and church supplies.
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Possibly they were daughters of a community leader , a priestess or elder.
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In Brixton consultative machinery involving the police and community leaders had ceased to function.
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They were selected by a screening panel of professional, business and community leaders .
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That has been achieved as the direct result of the enthusiasm and support of key business and community leaders throughout the country.
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For the most part, they listened respectfully as community leaders and peers encouraged everyone to atone, unite and reconcile.
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Executives said there can be no compensation because the well was sabotaged, something community leaders reluctantly acknowledged.
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In addition to big party donors, guests also included community leaders , elected officials and business executives.
market
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The Palm Pilot is currently the market leader with 75-80 % of the market share.
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Bath and Body Works, a division of the Limited, is the market leader .
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It will also become a market leader in several food areas within Scandinavia.
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That proved a bonanza in 1995, when blue chips were market leaders .
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Its only aim is to knock the market leader off the pedestal.
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H., a market leader in building computer networks, closed down 6 3 / 8 at 70 5 / 8.
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They include seven market leaders and had a turnover of almost £19 million last year, though they suffered a loss.
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This consolidates our marketing network in the Puget Sound area, where we are among the market leaders .
opposition
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Also on March 24, the embattled Traoré told opposition leaders that he would not resign, but promised early elections.
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When it went off track, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu pulled roughly even.
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And on returning to Downing Street for talks with the Opposition leaders , he spoke of his death warrant.
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They also sought to use their influence with Draskovic and other opposition leaders , cautioning them against agitating for further violence.
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Mr Huntington, 50, works for a local hotel and is the opposition leader for Sedgefield Council.
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But it failed to satisfy opposition leaders , who announced they would continue their protests until all their demands are met.
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Former opposition leaders joining the cabinet.
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Also Tuesday, opposition leaders said they will mount a new challenge to riot police blocking protest marches.
party
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Whitehall mandarins have discreetly voiced hopes that the party leaders will cobble together an agreement rather than face a second election.
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The ability of party leaders to manipulate the nomination process had been substantially undercut, however, by party reform.
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Dole also enlisted many other party leaders and state legislators in his campaign in both states.
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Seniority provides committee chairmen with an independent power base and helps to insulate them from control by party leaders and presidents.
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National party leaders rewarded him with an invitation to the 1981 inaugural ball.
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All that one can say is that he was better than the current Labour party leader .
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Some contemporary Labour groups have very open decision-making structures; others are dominated by the party leader .
rebel
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The article also mentioned Masud, the rebel leader: Ellis recalled Jean-Pierre speaking of him, too.
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The rebel leader was Esteban V.. Leon.
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This led rebel leaders to agree to combine their forces in one division under a unified command structure.
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Such a government should include members drawn from the existing parliament, the nonviolent opposition movement and rebel leader Kabila himself.
world
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Increasingly, funding will reflect the quality of the research output so that the best centres can truly be world leaders .
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No world leader would try to launch a surprise attack because the response would be terminal for his own nation.
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Britain is the world leader in deaths caused by heart disease.
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After seven years,-#world leaders finally reached an agreement in December 1993, after hundreds of little compromises.
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Statesmen and politicians in the family offer equally numerous opportunities for choosing quotations from famous world leaders .
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Messages of condolence began arriving in New Delhi on May 22 from a host of world leaders .
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Today the business holds its head high and is a world leader in its specialized fields.
■ VERB
become
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When Margaret Thatcher became leader the party was still dominated by these men who had been through the war together.
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We even honor these great gluttons who have become our world leaders , our socialites, our jet-setters.
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They were incensed that some one from the lower caste should have become leader of their gang.
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Before very long he becomes the leader of one of the most powerful teenage gangs in Brooklyn.
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As the supervisor becomes a group leader , however, the role of employees changes also.
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For the first time since he became leader , he is in the position to set the political agenda.
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George McGovern sought to become the leader of the delegates that had favored Kennedy.
elect
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This system relies upon the ability of the electorate to elect and dismiss leaders at periodic intervals.
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More, apparently, than our elected leaders possess.
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The gunmen have made a point, but they must now leave room for talks by elected leaders to go forward.
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That, said the ejidatarios' elected leader , Rafael Garcia Espinoza, was never the peasants' intention.
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Peter Reith, an unsuccessful contender for the leadership, was elected as deputy leader .
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The village elders were encouraged to establish a system of local government, and elected their leaders .
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Locally, elected leaders are concerned that none of the money would trickle down to city coffers.
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It would grant them greater control over electing their own leaders and over their natural resources and economies.
meet
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A gun was pushed in his back and he was taken to meet the group's leader .
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Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures.
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It was Schmerhom, however, who was despatched to lead a negotiating team to meet the Republican leaders .
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In June of last year Mr Gorbachev met secretly with leaders of the radical opposition.
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Although no announcement of a national conference was made, Kolingba met separately with opposition leaders on Sept. 14.
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He also meets a leader who, after Mr Mandela's abrupt departure, can't help returning to the basic question.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
born leader/musician/teacher etc
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Because Karajan was a born teacher, he was always interested in young musicians.
make sb captain/leader etc
the unacknowledged leader/authority etc
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In the hierarchy of Balniddrie-although pecking-order might be a more accurate term-Kara was the unacknowledged leader.
titular head/leader/monarch etc
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She was the titular head of our hareem.
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Some thought it odd to see the retired Frank Kush out there, as titular head of the football program.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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12,000 party members will vote next week to elect a new leader .
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a band leader
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a Boy Scout leader
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our national political leaders
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Peter was a born leader , and his chairmanship of the WWF could not have been more effective.
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So far, business leaders have been encouraged by the government's economic policy.
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the leader of the Communist party
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The leader of the opposition has demanded an early election.
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The leaders of the rebel movement have been arrested.
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The Detroit Tigers are now the American League division leaders.
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The report has raised strong opposition from radical black leaders.
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Three members of the 'Hells Angels' group were convicted of the murder of a rival gang leader .
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To function effectively, a party leader has to be attentive to people's needs.
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World leaders are meeting in Geneva today to consider the peace plan.