Example sentences of "[adv] a strong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 2 | Modern Italian would be bright , primary coloured , or ‘ dolly-mixture ’ lacquered furniture , white floor and walls , with perhaps a strong dash of Memphis daring . |
| 3 | Equally , when it came to promotion to captain in the Mediterranean fleet , interest was obviously a strong influence upon the admiral , for he remarks in July 1799 that ‘ Adam Drummond came to me yesterday . |
| 4 | At the time of writing the Conservatives are taking these developments much further ; they plan for a centrally determined basic curriculum , with obviously a strong emphasis on the three Rs , a system of testing at various stages in the educational process , and the development of centrally funded schools removed from local authority control . |
| 5 | This is obviously a strong incentive to go for long periods . |
| 6 | If equipment has to travel between hospitals and schools , it must be able to withstand stress and so a strong carrying case is preferable . |
| 7 | And so a strong tradition has grown up that teachers must know their pupils , care for them in a general way , interest themselves in their moral development , and give them as many educational opportunities as possible outside the class-room as well as in it . |
| 8 | Debbie has very fine hair and she is growing out a perm so a strong mousse was used and a reverse combing technique to achieve extra fullness for this amazing new look . |
| 9 | Of course , if you want the most sumptuous and subtle of string sonorities , Karajan 's 1971 version of the Second remains ( and is likely to remain ) unrivalled , although the present Lausanne Chamber Orchestra disc is none the less a strong contender . |
| 10 | I think we need not only a strong parliament but also a strong presidency . ’ |
| 11 | But only a strong will had allowed Mr Wolski to survive Sobibor , and the Curator sensed it now . |
| 12 | Instead , he felt only a strong desire to bring the whole thing to a finish … to do what he had come to do , risking life and limb in the process . |
| 13 | The other motivation for European Union came from the newly-freed countries of Central Europe themselves , who favoured it in the knowledge that only a strong Community , closely knit in a European Union , would have the resources and united will to assist them towards eventual EC membership . |
| 14 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 15 | One of the most exciting events towards the year end was the transfer of the Geotech site investigation team at Uphall to Environmental , giving us not only a stronger resource in geology and land assessment , but also a well established presence in Scotland from which we hope to offer all our other services in future . |
| 16 | ‘ Probably the most important thing was being able to bring together and keep together a strong collection of people at all levels . |
| 17 | In the case of Durkheim , whose political sociology is less conspicuous , there is apparent nevertheless a strong commitment to republicanism ( most explicitly at the time of the Dreyfus affair ) as well as a cautious sympathy with the reformist wing of the socialist movement and a pronounced hostility to Marxist ideas of class conflict . |
| 18 | But no amount of determination could wipe away a strong feeling of apprehension . |
| 19 | Wolfram ( 1987 ) suggests that a distinctive feature of British kinship is the concept of the unity of husband and wife , and thus a strong sense that spouses ‘ own ’ each other 's kin . |
| 20 | There is thus a strong tendency for individual males to intervene in every friendly dyadic interaction in which they do not have a part . |
| 21 | In elaborating such proposals there is admittedly a strong temptation to indulge in political rationalism : they are by nature proposals which give an important role to action on the part of a ‘ socialist government ’ or the ‘ state ’ within which a socialist government is installed , yet it is often unclear what such a socialist government would look like , how it might come into being and from where it would draw its mass support . |
| 22 | There was already a strong conviction that the electromagnetic force acted in this way , carried by photons ( ’ packed of light ’ ) passing between electrically-charged particles . |
| 23 | The vendors may be less inclined to invite competing bids for the company if there is already a strong fit with the prospective purchaser , provided they feel they are obtaining fair value . |
| 24 | There is already a strong commitment to developing expert practitioners in Medway , as demonstrated by the appointment of staff development officers . |
| 25 | Whilst they may be able to rationalize what they have done , there is usually a strong element of disappointment about the broken relationship . |
| 26 | The answer is that there does not but , in practice , there is usually a strong element of politics . |
| 27 | Because summer schools generate enormous interest overseas , there is nearly always a strong emphasis on the classical theatre , usually on Shakespeare , and there will quite probably be classes on classical texts and mini-production exercises arising from these . |
| 28 | There 's always a strong temptation to put off the most difficult task or the least congenial subject . |
| 29 | On the one hand , more and more mothers are employed outside the home but on the other hand there is still a strong ideology supporting the view that mothers ought to stay at home to care for their children . |
| 30 | Yet there is still a strong tendency to ‘ treat statements made under hypnosis with undue respect ; the folk-belief that hypnosis taps memories indelibly recorded in the unconscious dies hard . |