But these constitutional arrangements were far less democratic than they might appear, as elections were rigged heavily in favour of the wealthiest echelon of society.

Full-length portraits were reserved for depictions of the highest echelon of society, and were associated with princely displays of power.

The book can be used largely to determine what land was held by the upper echelons of society.

There were people there from the higher echelons of society.

I would make it harder for the upper echelons of society not to pay a fair amount of tax.

Nor should one charity providing services only to three areas have such influence at the uppermost echelons of government.

Organisations in which there are lawyers and experienced newsmen and links to the highest echelons of government.

Even in the upper echelons of government few have the power to save thousands of lives by championing one policy over another.

The contents of the 2006 package were never released and remained a secret to many even within the upper echelons of government.

Its tentacles stretch far into the upper echelons of government.

Over the past three years he has uncovered corruption and malpractice in the highest echelons of power.

There will be more subtle signals - decipherable only by those close to the top echelons of power and diplomacy.

Ensconced within the highest echelons of power the conspirators run their own security agency alongside the government's.

Many of its members now hold high-level political and business positions in the upper echelons of power.

Ensconced within the highest echelons of power the conspirators run their own security agency alongside the government's.

The data can be automatically transmitted to a command center, and can communicate with higher echelons.

Second, the top military leaders had been systematically integrated into the highest echelons of the party.

Separate additional base units were authorized to provide personnel overhead for wings, regions, and higher echelons.

The air units were told what to achieve by high echelons, but not how to do it.

By the mid-1980s, the station had once again fallen into the lower echelons of the ratings and would remain so for the next quarter-century.

The single release was a local hit and scraped the lower echelons of the national charts.

The officer class also saw remarkable changes, especially within the lower echelons, which were quickly filled with soldiers rising up through the ranks.

Among other operations are computations of matrix inverses and lower echelon forms.

It was founded on free and unhindered circulation of wealth so as to handsomely reach even the lowest echelons of society.

He pledged that annual bonuses would be outlawed for hundreds of senior managers, not only the top echelon.

Probably not from the top echelon of world locks.

This unfettered access yields plenty of fiscal and social equity to those in the top echelon.

So what of those in the top echelon of the game?

Chop off the top echelon, and then pay the rest for three to six months.

Here were sights and sounds largely lost to football broadcasts from the snooty upper echelon.

A mystery virus was at large which, if left unchecked, clearly had the potential to devastate the entire upper echelon of professional darts as we know it.

To qualify for the award, a unit must also display cohesion and teamwork noticeable to upper echelon commanders.

The site represents development of the upper echelon of senior military housing, support structures, sports facilities and recreational landscape features from 1901 through 1945.

Similarly, the school district consistently ranks in the upper echelon of state and national standardized testing.