manoeuvre

It has the virtue of being transparent and understandable and my group rejects other formulations as being opaque and opening up the criticism that we are manoeuvring for some super, inflated wage.
Mon groupe rejette d'autres formulations, nous les estimons en effet opaques, susceptibles d'ouvrir la voie aux critiques en laissant penser que nous cherchons à fixer un salaire énorme, exagéré.
Given the great divide among the factionalized communities in Iraq, which are manoeuvring for advantage at one another's expense, the United Nations will be called on to nurse the new Government's strength and ability to govern.
Étant donné l'important fossé qui sépare les communautés de l'Iraq, divisées en factions, chacune manoeuvrant pour tirer certains avantages au détriment des autres, l'ONU sera appelée à renforcer le nouveau Gouvernement et à développer ses aptitudes à gouverner.
As elections and decisions on disputed territories draw closer, various groups are manoeuvring to influence and manipulate the population composition in their respective areas of interest.
À l'approche d'élections et de décisions au sujet de territoires contestés, divers groupes se livrent à des manœuvres pour influencer et manipuler la composition de la population dans leurs zones d'intérêt respectives.
Statistics tell us that about 15% of all traffic accidents involving heavy goods vehicles occur when vehicles are manoeuvring, and in about 30% of all cases the most vulnerable are affected.
Les statistiques disent qu'environ 15 % de tous les accidents de circulation impliquant des poids lourds ont lieu au moment des virages ou des manœuvres et dans 30 % des cas, les personnes les plus vulnérables sont affectées.
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