Example sentences of "a strong [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stand-off Shaun Edwards , the League 's leading try-scorer , grabbed his 23rd touchdown of the season in the 23rd minute after a strong burst by Betts and a short pass from substitute Sam Panapa . |
| 2 | It was always going to be a tricky tie for 'Mill against two opponents , with the very unpredictable Chiddingfold pitch to contend with , plus a strong cross-wind . |
| 3 | It was a strong cross-wind gusting to over thirty knots across the runway when the Citation touched down . |
| 4 | Because their new make-up was so much thicker , a strong removal cream was needed to take it off . |
| 5 | Smogs usually occur when a strong ground- or low-level inversion is present . |
| 6 | Murtach had already told Bicker of the fight at Ivrigar , and a strong patrol was being sent out in the morning under Ord . |
| 7 | She took a look at this man before her and summed him up in five seconds flat : he was from the country ; he was perspiring because he was wearing his one and only suit which was too heavy for the weather ; his shoes were outrageous , huge , clod-hopping things , but at least they had been polished ; his hands were heavy , his fingers thick as sausages so he was definitely a man of the land ; despite all that , he was quite polite and well-spoken though with a strong accent that she could identify as being Scottish but from which part of Scotland she could not say ; for some reason she was quite sure he was a liar . |
| 8 | THERE is a strong accent on getting your financial house in order . |
| 9 | if you want to say put the name of an accent down You wanted to put say Birmingham and then say , How would you rate people who have a strong accent from this place on a scale of one to five for friendless , honesty the things which you could |
| 10 | There is a strong demarcation in physics between those who have succeeded and those who have ‘ failed ’ ; quite a lot of firsts and thirds , and not a great concentration in the middle . |
| 11 | It was always my opinion that a strong squadron kept at sea to the westward and a squadron of smaller ships in the North Seas were the only secure guardians to these His Majesty 's kingdoms against invasions . |
| 12 | Norman Ricketts , who was only appointed to the Eagle board by Mr Stockdale last month , is relinquishing his non-executive role , as is Hamish Jansen , who has been with the group since formation and was a strong supporter of Mr Stockdale . |
| 13 | Long-time Vicar of the Round Church in Cambridge , he was a strong supporter of Frontier Youth Trust in its early days . |
| 14 | The 38-year-old Methodist son of a Ghanaian cabinet Minister , Mr Boateng is a former solicitor who has become a strong supporter of Mr Kinnock 's leadership since becoming an MP . |
| 15 | This would certainly be the case for someone like Gordon Cooke , the Free Presbyterian minister of Rasharkin , who found himself chairman of the ‘ parent ’ branch of the officially constituted Protestant Unionist Party largely because he was a strong supporter of Paisley 's political line and a leading evangelical in the Bannside area at the time when Paisley decided to stand against O'Neill . |
| 16 | A strong supporter of the Stewarts in his early years , he was knighted by Charles II , but when the Stewart King , James II and VII was deposed in favour of Prince William of Orange , Dalrymple found no difficulty in throwing his full support behind the new King William . |
| 17 | Miss Wise was a strong supporter of the B.D.D.A. and wrote a number of articles for the British Deaf Times , mostly about travel in France . |
| 18 | Be it a coincidence or an answer to prayer , Ray Powell , a senior backbencher and a strong supporter of the Keep Sunday Special campaign was drawn third in the ballot . |
| 19 | Hillary was a strong supporter of the campaign to make the region around Everest a national park so that restrictions to curb the firewood problem would be introduced . |
| 20 | In the event the issue was largely forgotten in the upheaval following the General Strike in 1926 , although the Miners ' Federation was from that time on a strong supporter of a national non-contributory scheme of family allowances . |
| 21 | Moon , whose own route Hubble , F8c± , at Ravenstor is still unrepeated , is a strong supporter of the modern ‘ microroute ’ . |
| 22 | In the earlier part of his career Beecham was a strong supporter of contemporary British composers , but he left few recordings of their music , except in the case of Delius , of course . |
| 23 | A strong supporter and patron of new art , Paley has managed to bridge the gap between the fringe and the centre of the art world . |
| 24 | Hertha Ayrton was a strong supporter of the women 's movement , a representative of the Women 's International League , and an original member of the International Federation of University Women ( 1919 ) and of the National Union of Scientific Workers ( 1920 ) . |
| 25 | A strong supporter of the British empire , he ran his business in patriarchal fashion . |
| 26 | He was also a strong supporter of co-education and his daughter was the first girl to enter the school . |
| 27 | She was a strong supporter of the pioneering work of S. Emily Davies [ q.v. ] and links between North London and Girton College , Cambridge , were to become well established . |
| 28 | With his family , he was a strong supporter of the Shaftesbury Society ( though this did not stop his widow owning a pub next to one of the mills ) . |
| 29 | Politically he was a Liberal and a strong supporter of free trade and of the social reforms of David Lloyd George ( later first Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor ) . |
| 30 | We would also feature the work of a non-profit-making body of which we are a strong supporter . |