Sentence examples for used it as leverage from inspiring English sources
Interrogators taped this detainee crying and used it as leverage against one of his relatives.
In depositions, former company executives said Mr. Clancy had been so certain that Community Education would receive the contract that he used it as leverage in negotiations with investors.
9. Of the at least 26 detainees who were wrongfully held, one was "intellectually challenged". Interrogators taped this detainee crying and used it as leverage against one of his relatives.
In his fight against racial preferences in both voting laws and university admissions, he has sometimes contented himself with a single line in a legal opinion and used it as leverage to break open the issue with the next case, or the case after that.
If that proved he was a commercial draw, he's used it as leverage to work with some of the most renowned talents in Hollywood, everyone from Terry Gilliam (The Brothers Grimm) to Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Robert De Niro (The Good Shepherd).
Some of the smartest new companies have taken this aspect of the social networking explosion and used it as leverage on consumer behavior.
Although China's purchase of US treasury securities helped to fund US budget deficit, there are concerns that China may use it as leverage over US policies.
Others believe the cash-strapped country might use its new power to extract concessions from its neighbors and the United States — or perhaps use it as leverage to gain more influence in the discussion about Korean unification.
The North will stick to that stance, analysts say, in hopes of using it as leverage in negotiating with the administration of the president-elect, Barack Obama.
Mr Ashley previously bought a stake in Debenhams, using it as leverage to negotiate for Sports Direct concessions in eight of the chain's department stores.
The vote for the debt ceiling used to be a routine vote until a newly elected House Republican majority decided to use it as leverage for spending cuts.
