Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a strong [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These adapted themselves to a life in and out of work since they had a strong street culture with which to identify . |
| 32 | They had a strong incentive to ensure hospitals made efficient use of their money on behalf of their patients ( Glennerster , 1992 ) . |
| 33 | Although the LTTE denied involvement in the assassination , it was widely noted that they had a strong motive , believing that Gandhi had betrayed them in 1987 when he dispatched the Indian army in an unsuccessful effort to bring Sri Lanka 's civil strife under control [ see p. 35313 ] . |
| 34 | The SSP 's policy was close to that of the Socialist League although it had a strong pacifist section and remained hostile to Communism . |
| 35 | Yes , he was fascinated by Suedehead and its lurid tale of violence against blacks and homosexuals , but do n't forget that as a kid he had a strong affection for gore and horror in general . |
| 36 | His face showed that he had a strong character . |
| 37 | ‘ . Thus if Scargill was satisfied that ( a ) Branch members would accede to a call for a strike by their local officials , ( b ) that those officials would call a strike , and ( c ) that the National Executive ( over which he had a strong influence ) would sanction such strikes , then he could achieve the equivalent of a national strike without submitting it to the membership at large for their endorsement . |
| 38 | He had a strong lobby at the National Gallery led by Dodge Thompson , and Gil Ravenel and Mark Leithauser , the two principal exhibition designers , who doubtless want Rusty to continue the big shows . |
| 39 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 40 | He had a strong sense of responsibility to his vocation of preaching and loved to compare himself to St Paul . |
| 41 | It must have looked to him — and to the viewers , with whom he had a strong following — that his status as television performer would suffer . |
| 42 | Soon he had a strong fire going and the blue smoke pillared up through the young oak leaves . |
| 43 | The king might be happy to comply ; on the other hand , he had a strong interest in maintaining his pool of benefices , and sometimes tried to resume a grant on the death of a tenant , especially if the potential heir was a child . |
| 44 | He had a strong face , the jaw almost rugged , the nose classically bridged . |
| 45 | He had a strong desire to be a ‘ peace-keeper ’ . |
| 46 | He had a strong desire to get to know her better , and yet here she was talking of marriage ! |
| 47 | He had a strong urge to put his arms round the man , and indeed was about to do so , when Malik thrust him away , sobbing . |
| 48 | ‘ He had a strong tongue , ’ Phillips remembers . |
| 49 | Indeed he had a strong feeling that only his six foot four inches prevented one of them from saying so . |
| 50 | He had a strong feeling for architecture , as for natural history , and his preferred subjects were urban views and outdoor scenes with buildings , animals , and plants , notably the magnolias and orchids which he cultivated at Corsham . |
| 51 | He had a strong feeling that he wanted to dash back to the Romano-British section and break a piece of statuary over the bastard 's head . |