Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] strength to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LDP 's share of the vote fell by more than 3 per cent compared with the 1986 lower house elections , and the party won 20 seats fewer than it had possessed at the dissolution ( although 11 independents were later reported to have joined , thereby bringing its total strength to 286 ) . |
| 2 | Mitterrand had visited the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Oct. 3-4 , holding talks on Oct. 4 with King Fahd before travelling on to Yanbu to see French troops there ; an announcement on Oct. 17 that the French contingent was to be supplemented by the dispatch of a further 500 troops would bring its total strength to 750 air and 5,700 ground troops . |
| 3 | After unlocking the cart from the gatepost , they were off , the child now walking between Aggie 's outstretched arms and adding her small strength to the pushing . |
| 4 | Bracing his feet against the gate post , he applied his full strength to the bar and pulled the gate off it 's hinges ! |
| 5 | If Brian Lara 's timing and placement helped to give the West Indies ' innings its early momentum — 81 came off the first 20 overs — Simmons used his massive strength to devastating effect as 102 were plundered off the next 15 overs . |