Example sentences of "[noun] strong [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perpetual spinach and carrots will tolerate growing close together , but any flowering plant wants elbow room if it is to develop a stem strong enough to support the branches that will spring from it . |
| 2 | Is the government 's tax base strong enough to support a planned expansion of services ? |
| 3 | A man who wished to build a villa in Benghazi , but was frustrated by his expectation that , if he did , he would have no protection strong enough to prevent immediate expropriation , explained the collapse of his hopes for a more elegant and civilized life . |
| 4 | The solution was a watch with a magnetic field strong enough to undo a zip . |
| 5 | The question we are entitled to ask is : are new values strong enough to hold the old institutions together ? |
| 6 | I hoped this trench was deep enough , and the roof strong enough to give us some protection from the increasing mortar fire that was now coming our way . |
| 7 | The overall aim appears to be to stop the growth of left-wing political organizations strong enough to challenge both the power of the military and the appallingly low wages and living conditions of plantation workers . |
| 8 | You ought to go to Yelton yourself and see the privation there , but I do n't suppose you could walk as far as your gate , never mind finding a horse strong enough to carry you . |
| 9 | He found words strong enough to describe a " torrent " which " bore down everything in its way " , a " great current " and " an extraordinary agitation " . |
| 10 | I was hanging from my wing down the length of the pole , the wind strong enough to pull and toss my body against it , and each time it did the pain at my wing was so terrible that I cried out . |
| 11 | Is Samson strong enough to continue exploring ? |
| 12 | The mustard seed produces a shrub about eight to ten feet tall , with branches strong enough to support birds and give them shelter . |
| 13 | An influence strong enough to rob her of the natural exuberant self-confidence that had always been a central , unthinking part of her personality . |
| 14 | Even the steelwork in such plants can perform as an aerial , converting wave energy to sparks strong enough to ignite flammable gases . |
| 15 | How can you use your descriptions of place — a room , a garden bench , the large cupboard under the stairs , a lift in a block of flats — to create a mood strong enough to sustain your story ? |
| 16 | The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label . |
| 17 | There had to be some reason why , some factor strong enough to outweigh all his obvious qualifications . |
| 18 | There were larger numbers of Whig and Tories who found the pull of Court strong enough to override party loyalty . |
| 19 | The huge magnet strong enough to pull nails from walls , stop watches and erase credit cards is the scanner 's main component . |
| 20 | American democratic and legal structures strong enough to restrain police behaviour have produced a reduction of public disorder . |
| 21 | Was the movement strong enough to make the boat pull the iron stanchions free of the bank ? |
| 22 | But if , on days when they can not see the sun , small magnets strong enough to drown the earth 's comparatively feeble magnetic signals are attached to their heads , they get lost . |
| 23 | What they were requesting was the co-operation of the Chilean Navy Yard in installing steel bits strong enough to ensure that the hawser did not again tear itself free . |
| 24 | One answer to it might be that there are systemic forces strong enough to propel the nation states through their orbits , rather as if they were planets in a solar system in dynamic equilibrium . |
| 25 | Lucky Town has a few reasonable ballads and the odd image strong enough to resist the insistent undertow of formula Boss : a soldier back from the Gulf waking from a dream in which the souls of the dead ‘ rise like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies ’ . |
| 26 | Batty said : ‘ If I had to miss the game , I know we still have a squad strong enough to beat Rangers . ’ |
| 27 | Without a clear military objective , and a principle strong enough to hazard lives for , America can not hope to lead by hassling . |
| 28 | It was almost predictable that a perfectionist like Pérignon would not rest until he found a bottle strong enough to withstand the internal pressure exerted by a sparkling wine . |
| 29 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 30 | Join Congress , Mr Gandhi seemed to be saying , and create a party strong enough to have a clear majority . |