I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
room for manoeuvre BrE, room for maneuver American English (= the possibility of changing what you do or decide )
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Teachers feel they have little room for manoeuvre when the curriculum is so demanding.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jockey/manoeuvre/jostle for position
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As they jockey for position , firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
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He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position .
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It's a spectacular sight, as the wildfowl jockey for position to grab the biggest beak or bill full of food.
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Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position .
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Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face.
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Teenage boys, like young bulls in a herd, often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength.
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The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena.
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They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each manoeuvre in their rearguard action has taken them further away from intuitive notions about that exciting enterprise referred to as science.
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He reported improvement of the abdominal discomfort and the manoeuvre was repeated a number of times with similar results.
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It was a manoeuvre replete with irony.
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Nevertheless, the State's room for manoeuvre was increasing.
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She saw that Defries and Johannsen were attempting the same manoeuvre .
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The manoeuvre succeeded, though at a dreadful cost.
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These coaches will explain the techniques required for each component and the need to start with the easiest manoeuvre .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
position
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He set her on her feet without a word and steadied her while she manoeuvred the crutch into position .
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The blue flag was showing, which indicated they were still manoeuvring the balloon into position .
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Ardamal manoeuvred himself to a position below and slightly behind the woman, hidden by her legs.
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The stern ramp is down almost as quickly as the anchor and the first mexeflote raft is soon manoeuvring into position ....
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The tame elephants manoeuvre a captive into position , acting rather like gaolers.
room
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He stretched out his arms but had no room to manoeuvre .
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More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle, but they might need more room to manoeuvre .
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The combination of low export prices and high oil import prices means Mr Kufuor's government will have little room to manoeuvre .
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Although the political future remains unclear, the new circumstances have allowed much more room to manoeuvre than in the past.
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Sly spun round, or tried to, he had little room to manoeuvre .
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Must not allow her senses any room to manoeuvre .
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Arsenal really do keep things tight; they gave little or no room in which to manoeuvre .
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All parties lose if there is no room to manoeuvre , no compromise, and no hope of reconciliation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the end of the first day the patrol had manoeuvred its way across the narrow neck of the Calanscio Sand Sea.
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More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle, but they might need more room to manoeuvre .
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The blue flag was showing, which indicated they were still manoeuvring the balloon into position.
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The combination of low export prices and high oil import prices means Mr Kufuor's government will have little room to manoeuvre .
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The union had judged that if our raft was tied up inside the harbour the local fishing boats would have difficulty manoeuvring.
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To put their project together, the two charities had to manoeuvre within a thicket of legal and professional restraints.