Example sentences of "and [verb] stronger " in BNC.

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1 Partisan influences were strong and became stronger as the election approached .
2 The wind changed and became stronger .
3 They persist and grow stronger .
4 Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger .
5 The voice came again out of the darkness and seemed stronger now .
6 Other marches against racism were organized in many cities in the course of November , notably in Bonn on Nov. 14 when demonstrators came out to oppose any change of the Basic w'sgenerous asylum provisions and to urge stronger action to protect refugees .
7 As the days sped past , we knew that the tide was running strong for the coalition and growing stronger .
8 She kept her eyes steadily on the glass , and now the power was concentrating itself in one small part of each eye and growing stronger and stronger and it felt as though millions of tiny little invisible arms with hands on them were shooting out of her eyes towards the glass she was staring at .
9 Soviet-Korean friendship and economic cooperation is developing and growing stronger for the good of the peoples of Korea and the Soviet Union , thus promoting the strengthening of universal peace and international cooperation .
10 Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of planes again , only this time there was a different engine note added to the first , low and heavy , making a rhythmic thrumming inside her head and growing stronger every second .
11 It can also be used to make deeper colours and give stronger definition to details .
12 I figured my body was telling me to rest , so I 've flopped around for the last two weeks eating steaks and drinking beef tea , and getting stronger every day .
13 Although the sun was shining brightly , the wind was distinctly fresh and getting stronger .
14 ‘ This is a young side and I 've known them for four years and watched them mature and get stronger .
15 Malina looks at the ways in which black youths in elementary schools seem to possess different basic motor skills to whites : they can , amongst other things , run quicker , jump longer and grip stronger .
16 The effect is small , develops gradually , is blocked by Ca 2+ channel antagonists , and requires stronger tetanic stimulation for its induction than is needed for NMDA receptor-dependent LTP .
17 It is a rare example of a Scottish company that went to the edge in the early 1980s ( Lord Tombs of Rolls-Royce was brought in as a company doctor to turn it around ) and emerge stronger on the other side as well as maintaining Scottish roots .
18 You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger .
19 The campaign has also sought to influence the appointment of federal judges opposed to Roe , a highly successful tactic during the Reagan and Bush presidencies , and to present stronger arguments to the courts via amicus curiae ( ‘ friend of the court' ) briefs .
20 However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times .
21 To show this , suppose that the UK has a relatively high rate of inflation and that , as a result , the pound is depreciating : speculators who expect the pound to continue depreciating will sell pounds and buy stronger currencies so as to make a capital gain later .
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