carro trainante

English translation: driving force

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Italian term or phrase:carro trainante
English translation:driving force
Entered by: Nicole Johnson

14:17 Aug 21, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Articolo sulla Agricoltura Biologica
Italian term or phrase: carro trainante
It's on the tip of my "brain" but I can't think of the corresponding English phrase. Any help out there?

Thanks in advance.

La filosofia del biologico, se così possiamo chiamarla, è stato il carro trainante per tante altre scelte e decisioni.
Nicole Johnson
Italy
Local time: 13:23
driving force
Explanation:
a suggestion

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-08-21 14:23:14 GMT)
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or drawing power
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Angelo Berbotto
Australia
Local time: 21:23
Grading comment
THANK YOU! That was it!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2driving force
Angelo Berbotto
4 +1driving element
Gian


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
driving force


Explanation:
a suggestion

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-08-21 14:23:14 GMT)
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or drawing power

Angelo Berbotto
Australia
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
THANK YOU! That was it!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Di Salvatore
3 mins
  -> grazie, Di

agree  Fiorsam
41 mins
  -> grazie, Fiorsam
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
driving element


Explanation:
Press release of 19.11.1998The willingness to integrate researchers, industrialists and users in the consultative bodies has also been the driving element behind the creation of the ...
ec.europa.eu/research/press/1998/pr1911en.html - 11k - Copia cache - Pagine simili


Gian
Italy
Local time: 13:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angie Garbarino: questo era quelo giusto però
3 hrs
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