Example sentences of "his strongest [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That last phase of his game — linking between forwards and backs — was not always his strongest suit . |
| 2 | Results showed that the President obtained slightly less than 82 per cent of the vote ( in 1985 he claimed to have received 100 per cent — p. 33963 ) , with his strongest constituency in rural areas . |
| 3 | Five years ago , two of Boycott 's supporters were Walsh and the present public relations chairman , Sid Fielden , both now among his strongest critics . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , on July 15 , Devi Lal went on the attack , accusing Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammad Khan , hitherto two of his strongest critics in the Cabinet , of corruption . |
| 5 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
| 6 | It is at this point that Phil Barlow makes his strongest attack when he says : |
| 7 | US President Bill Clinton used last week 's celebration of Earth day to announce several initiatives that , despite their lack of detail , represent his strongest actions as yet on environmental protection . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it 's his strongest position and he will start the season there although young Paul Aitcheson will push him all the way for the No 1 jersey , ’ said Larder . |
| 9 | The men 's downhill , his strongest event , begins in Val Gardena in Italy with races on Friday and Saturday . |
| 10 | He came into pentathlon through swimming , his strongest event — and is still struggling with the fencing . |
| 11 | IN HIS strongest warning yet that Moscow would brook no attempt to reunify the two Germanys , President Gorbachev has pledged that the Soviet Union would ensure ‘ no harm ’ came to East Germany . |
| 12 | Earlier , he dismissed Labour 's invitation to join its inquiry into electoral reform as a ‘ short-term tactical move ’ and delivered his strongest warning yet to his rivals not to underestimate his party 's determination ‘ at every level ’ to hold out for a clear commitment to proportional representation as its price for a coalition deal . |
| 13 | But this is not his final nor yet his strongest word , for two reasons . |
| 14 | Of his study visits to pre-war Vienna , his strongest memories were not of virtuosos but of composers conducting , notably Richard Strauss directing his operas and Anton Webern the symphonies of Mahler . |
| 15 | We knew that because of his inexperience his reading of the game was not his strongest asset . |
| 16 | erm This was one of his strongest principles , and few people I think have lived up to it so consistently . |
| 17 | Bingham has , Colin Clarke apart , his strongest squad available for this crucial World Cup Group Three game . |
| 18 | What was striking about the instant response to Stanley 's emancipation proposals in 1833 was that it came from Howick , until recently in charge , at the Colonial Office , of the emancipation question , and that his strongest dissent arose from the failure of the plan to chart a move as soon as possible directly from slavery to free labour without bothering with an apprenticeship stage . |
| 19 | The burgh of Paisley , although not a royal burgh and thus not forming part of one of the parliamentary districts , had a vote in the county elections for Renfrewshire in right of the burgh lands , and it was the burgh vote which provided the candidate with his strongest argument for preferment . |
| 20 | Discs ( aka Fred Perry Records ) and , having dispensed with group names ( never his strongest point ) he has released his debut album , ‘ Paul Weller ’ . |
| 21 | I 'd doubt he 'd like this as outpacing fast full back would not be his strongest point . |
| 22 | As Italy have only two full-scale friendlies between now and the start of their World Cup training camp ( against Holland in February and against Switzerland in March ) , Vicini wants to try out his strongest side . |
| 23 | As Italy have only two full-scale friendlies between now and the start of their World Cup training camp ( against Holland in February and against Switzerland in March ) , Vicini wants to try out his strongest side — which , of course , means playing both Baresi and Donadoni , arguably the two most influential players in the squad . |
| 24 | Leicester 's Geordie boss Brian Little , in contrast , paraded his strongest side but they rarely threatened Newcastle . |
| 25 | Manager Frank Gray played his strongest side of the season . |
| 26 | The last was probably his strongest card , and no one who heard this broadcast on May 28th could doubt that it was the one about which he cared the most . |
| 27 | Although baptized and buried in Anglican churches , his strongest links were with the Abney Congregational church , which he had largely financed . |
| 28 | He told himself that he should go right now and plant the explosives to bring the tunnel down , but the Doctor 's curiosity was one of his strongest features . |
| 29 | Mention of ‘ the dark gods of Mexico ’ signals that we are about to move on to the writer for whom his strongest opprobrium is reserved . |
| 30 | Ong polled 35 per cent of the votes while his strongest opponent , Harun Idris , endorsed by the former Industry Minister Razaleigh Hamza , the leader of the political faction trying to oust Mahathir [ see p. 35459 ] , polled 28 per cent . |