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Meanings of prime movers in English

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Usage of prime movers in English
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They are not the prime movers in the agitations which concern them.
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
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Who were the prime movers of this dastardly revenge remained still a mystery.
The Lady of Big Shanty
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You may well already know the scene's prime movers, Justice.
The Guardian
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The prime movers are Sir John Dacre and Lord Brompton.
The King's Men: A Tale of To-morrow
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Davi understood that the Americans were the prime movers in the so-called war on terror.
Frontier fury
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But should not the prime movers be hit with that fashionable buzz-word "accountability"?
The Irish Times
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The prime movers in the petition felt that Daniel Povey was now as good as saved.
The Old Wives' Tale
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One of its prime movers was the Rev.
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
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The amount of steam that must be generated is determined from the steam consumption of the prime movers.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
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To the steam consumption of the main prime movers, there is to be added that of the auxiliaries.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
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They are prime movers of the Beveridge group, which has won the support of a majority of new MPs.
The Guardian
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Rightwing extreme ideology has motivated the prime movers in this -the wicked, long-terminstigators of this national disaster.
The Guardian
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Man has not twenty prime movers, but only one in his heart; do not argue but profit by it.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 03
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Lowlights included the wholesale slaughter of some of Moscow's prime movers and shakers during a performance by the Bolshoi.
Lockdown
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According to its prime movers, robot farming offers alternatives to all these things, and hope of an eventual ecological renaissance.
The Guardian
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This discomfited the prime movers of the secession schemes, as they had counted upon the Convention doing the desired work.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
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Prime movers across language varieties
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