Sentence examples for exerts leverage from inspiring English sources

According to American and Iraqi former officials, Suleimani exerts leverage over Iraqi politics by paying officials, by subsidizing newspapers and television stations, and, when necessary, by intimidation.

A posterior force drives the arm backwards and exerts leverage on the glenohumeral joint with the arm either remaining in fixed flexion by contact with the ground, or forced into further flexion.

It should sound conversational, useful, and practical rather than exerting leverage.

"Conducting this in public is the least effective way of exerting leverage.

But they could try to exert leverage through the annual bills providing money for Pentagon programs.

Nixon and Kissinger barely tried to exert leverage over Pakistan's military government.

It found a new source of power to exert leverage over these newly independent countries.

As a result, the government should have been able to exert leverage over other investors to come to a deal.

Many of them also use their voting power to exert leverage over a company's management at other times.

Therefore, Russia will remain the greatest power broker in Syria, limiting Washington's ability to exert leverage over Syrian affairs and reducing wider American influence in the Middle East.

The SOPA and PIPA bills would try to shut down these overseas piracy sites by exerting leverage on companies here in the United States, where they do have jurisdiction.