Collocations for the word powerful when used in the Senate during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| powerful forces | 25 |
| powerful friends | 24 |
| powerful country | 15 |
| powerful unions | 13 |
| powerful body | 10 |
| powerful enough | 10 |
| powerful group | 10 |
| powerful interests | 10 |
| powerful man | 9 |
| powerful position | 9 |
| powerful ally | 7 |
| powerful argument | 7 |
| powerful countries | 7 |
| powerful force | 6 |
| powerful groups | 6 |
| powerful industrial | 6 |
| powerful influence | 6 |
| powerful nation | 6 |
| powerful speeches | 6 |
| powerful trade | 6 |
| big powerful | 5 |
| less powerful | 5 |
| powerful allies | 5 |
| powerful case | 5 |
| powerful friend | 5 |
| powerful institutions | 5 |
| powerful lobby | 5 |
| powerful organisation | 5 |
| powerful organisations | 5 |
| powerful union | 5 |
| powerful weapon | 5 |
| extremely powerful | 4 |
| increasingly powerful | 4 |
| powerful arguments | 4 |
| powerful bodies | 4 |
| powerful companies | 4 |
| powerful house | 4 |
| powerful insecticide | 4 |
| powerful instrument | 4 |
| powerful men | 4 |
| powerful pressure | 4 |
| powerful radio | 4 |
| powerful sections | 4 |
| believed powerful | 3 |
| large powerful | 3 |
| particularly powerful | 3 |
| powerful administrative | 3 |
| powerful economic | 3 |
| powerful effect | 3 |
| powerful figures | 3 |
| powerful influences | 3 |
| powerful nations | 3 |
| powerful neighbour | 3 |
| powerful new | 3 |
| powerful overseas | 3 |
| powerful piece | 3 |
| powerful senate | 3 |
| powerful tool | 3 |
| powerful upthrust | 3 |