1.   A gap allows the gun to exert more leverage in the recoil, offering the shooter less control and accuracy.

2.   But the Senators said they could try to exert leverage through the annual bills providing funding for Defense Department programs.

3.   Instead, it issued a more indirect challenge to the mayor in an attempt to exert leverage.

4.   It makes it harder for us to exert leverage on the contributions of others.

5.   Opposing that view are those who believe that change inside China can exert greater leverage for reform than any diplomatic pressure.

6.   That is where the state has exerted its leverage.

7.   The collapse in talks before the late-night deal was caused largely by the longstanding Albany strategy of linking unrelated measures to exert leverage.

8.   The collapse in talks Thursday was largely caused by the longstanding Albany strategy of linking unrelated measures to exert leverage.

9.   The Russians want the pipeline to go through their territory so they will earn the transit fees and be able to exert continued leverage over their former republics.

10.   The state would exert leverage by imposing what is in effect a penalty on drug companies that refuse to go along with this arrangement.