Sentence examples for leverage with a from inspiring English sources

"Health insurance providers could theoretically start to use the program as leverage" with a company, he said.

But he also made it his business, while other lawyers were painstakingly developing legal claims, to be first at the courthouse, gaining leverage with a hasty filing.

Rights groups now feel they have some leverage with a government that depends heavily on food and oil donations from the United States, Japan and South Korea.

American officials are finding they have little leverage with a president who seems to believe he can outfox his opponents — and perhaps secure a bailout from Saudi Arabia — despite the dire situation in his country, much of which is in open revolt and where several provinces are beyond his control.

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.

"If you're going to mandate that people must buy insurance," Ms. Pelosi asked, "why would you throw them into the lions' den of the insurance industry without some leverage with a public option?" Democrats have also found that they can hold down the cost of their bill by significantly expanding eligibility for Medicaid.

Fitch Ratings shows an increase in leverage, with a growing debt bubble.

Companies organized by consumer groups can gain media buying and marketing leverage, with a large set of products and messages tailored to a few strong audiences.