Sentence examples for a lever in from inspiring English sources

I think football is, in part, being used as a lever in Britain's relationship with China.

One pushed a lever in one direction, and a metal stopper seated itself in the drain.

Now, both operations are accomplished by simply pulling a lever in the cargo compartment.

A lever in the cage allowed the rats to send a small electrical signal directly to their nucleus accumbens.

Second, military investment is not just an effect of economic growth, but often a lever in enhancing it.

Council members are now saying that they are withholding their approval of Mr. Bloomberg's tax proposal, using it as a lever in negotiations with the mayor.

These test results have become a key lever in an accountability system that divides schools into those that are making "adequate yearly progress" and those that aren't.

Instilling philanthropic values, whether in your family, your company, or in our society as a whole, is a critical lever in making our society better for everyone.

It is the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.

B5 Sanitation Worker Is Killed A New York City sanitation worker, Eva Barrientos, died in Brooklyn after she was pinned on top of a garbage collection truck by a mechanical lever in what city officials said was a freak accident.

Turning state-owned banks into more commercially oriented operations will remain a slow process owing to political sensitivities (potential job losses and a loss of control over a key lever in the economy being but two of these restraints).