1.   The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.

2.   He denounced the Western view that student demonstrations in Beijing and other cities had been orchestrated by the leadership in order to gain better leverage in the trade negotiations.

3.   In addition to cost reductions from eliminating overlapping operations in California, increased size will give Fremont better leverage in talks with medical service providers, he said.

4.   These also help the gardener to use the arm, not just the wrist, offering better leverage in tough soil.

5.   Congress required the department to set up the mandatory system in order to give producers better leverage with the handful of packers that control the hog and cattle industries.

6.   The merger will give the bank a broader customer base and better leverage to streamline its operations, the U.S. rating agency said.