Stranglehold Sentence Examples

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  • The midfield stranglehold went and the game was destined to finish equal.

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  • Unfortunately Morphy didn't think so, and he got quite stroppy as we took a stranglehold of the Universe.

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  • This supermarket chain already has British farmers and consumers in a stranglehold now they want to squeeze even tighter.

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  • In Christ 's death and resurrection the stranglehold of sin and evil on the human race was broken.

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  • WaterAid is a charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.

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  • How did the two parties gain a stranglehold on municipal power?

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  • They have a stranglehold on the nation's finances.

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  • The oriental plant was probably first planted by the Victorians, but has since taken a massive stranglehold.

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  • It was therefore vital for Britain to prevent Napoleon from gaining an economic stranglehold on the country.

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  • He looked hungry for the ball and along with Dacourt they had a complete stranglehold on the midfield.

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  • This severely impedes any opportunity to overcome the current stranglehold of poverty.

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  • Garden was another struggle but FFc appeared to have a stranglehold of the game when they won, bringing their score to 8-0.

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  • A fairer voting system - to allow smaller parties to break the stranglehold of the current two-party system.

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  • Break the stranglehold which big business has on some sports.

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  • Warriors soon exerted their dominance on the game with the Warriors ' backs having a stranglehold on the game.

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  • Closures constitute a stranglehold on the Palestinian economy (David McDowell, The Minority Rights Group) 19.

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  • With the wind behind them in the second half, Ware took more of a stranglehold on the match.

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  • Unfortunately Morphy did n't think so, and he got quite stroppy as we took a stranglehold of the Universe.

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  • He was relieved it was over with in so short a time; he had more battles to plan and more potential allies to recruit, now that the Council was done with its stranglehold on him.

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  • Dave Jones and Simon Marshall had other ideas and working well in tandem they exerted a stranglehold on the league leaders.

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  • They have a stranglehold on the nation 's finances.

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  • A few financially powerful countries or blocs have a stranglehold on the world market.

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  • The risks of a developing a stranglehold on these combined areas need to be examined.

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  • The game was heading for anti-climax, such was France 's stranglehold on the supply of possession.

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  • Intended to challenge the Apple iPod's stranglehold on the portable MP3 player market, the Zune went through several iterations before Microsoft officially abandoned the product line in 2011 to focus on other projects.

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