Sentence examples for a little leverage from inspiring English sources

She was shaken, but knew she had a little leverage.

Then we could have had room for manoeuvre and perhaps a little leverage to extract concessions.

i wanted the opinion of a seasoned pro, and to get it, I had to use a little leverage.

That exploitation of the health service gives NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens a little leverage with the government – but not much.

However, the senator -- with his loose network of followers, his sizable bloc of delegates and with Gore's offer in his pocket -- should have more than a little leverage at this summer's G.O.P. Convention.

"People respect my opinion now to the point where I have a little leverage.

Had General Manager Steve Phillips not filled the void Franco left then, the Mets would be staring at a desperate situation: trying to trade for a reliever with little leverage.

Nor do they want to be put at a disadvantage themselves, with little leverage over a Congolese government flush with Chinese cash.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The failure of an Arab League mission to stanch violence in Syria, an international community with little leverage and a government as defiant as its opposition is in disarray have left Syria descending into a protracted, chaotic and perhaps unnegotiable conflict.

One landlord, Joe Maffe, said that under rent control, he had had so little leverage with a tenant in a two-bedroom apartment in a prime location (Beacon Street near the Boston Common) that the man was able to avoid paying the $302-a-month rent for 12 years.

But "what Democrats are prepared to give will depend on the overall amount of revenue Republicans are willing to bake in", according to a leading Democrat.Republicans have little leverage of their own.