Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] strong [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , the research showed strong support among parents for assessment tests for youngsters , especially at age 11 .
2 By Jan. 19 it was announced that six groups had agreed to the formula , but the proposal received strong opposition from the Pakistan-based Hezb-e Islami , led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar .
3 The proposal attracted strong opposition , some arguing that it might withdraw legal protection from the weak and vulnerable , others arguing that the fundamental ethical problems could not be satisfactorily resolved by legal definition .
4 [ The proposal aroused strong opposition from both Catholic and Protestant churches , and was not adopted . ]
5 The move followed strong lobbying from US business interests .
6 The King put strong pressure on the individual members of the commission to agree to the divorce , and the Archbishop of Canterbury and several other members thereupon withdrew in silent protest before the vote .
7 In both the 1983 and 1987 general elections the government had strong press support , with only the erratic Maxwell-owned tabloid , the Daily Mirror , to support Labour , along with the Alliance-inclined Guardian and the Observer on Sundays .
8 Three days before the agreement was reached , the government tried strong arm tactics declaring the strike illegal and threatening to sack workers unless they returned within twenty four hours .
9 The bill raised strong opposition from the media , and the Press Council of India described it as " inherently inimical to the freedom of the press " .
10 The resolution attracted strong criticism from party chairman Shimon Peres and from Rabin ; the small religious parties had in the past been crucial components of Labour-controlled coalition administrations .
11 Wordsworth 's polemics at the turn of the century implied strong criticism of fashionable women poets :
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