Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] strong " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless the circular speed of the Galaxy 's potential declines markedly towards the centre , only clouds dense enough to be strong CS emitters could survive shredding by the tidal field . |
| 2 | And with this would come a second liberation for women , the freedom to transcend the roles set up by figures like Annie Lennox and Janet Jackson , and to recover the right not to be strong , independent , immaculately in control . |
| 3 | You can decide to be imperfect , to do things in your own time , to please yourself , not to be strong and to try only as much as you like . |
| 4 | In ‘ Barchester Towers ’ though it is actually Dr. Proudie who takes the position wanted by Dr. Grantly , he is made out to be a rather insignificant and weak person whereas Mrs. Proudie is seen at once to be strong and authoritative , too much so , and Trollope makes of her the kind of character a reader loves to hate . |
| 5 | Far from being strong , such leadership is , in this context , weak . |
| 6 | I only wish that the House had listened to the present Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Plymouth , Sutton ( Mr. Clark ) 10 years ago when , in March 1981 , in a highly prophetic speech against the views of his Tory colleagues , he said that far from being strong and a threat to the world , the Soviet Union was in the process of retreat and disintegration . |
| 7 | The importance of the latter was conveyed in the opening chapters dealing with ‘ camping , camp life , tracking , woodcraft , or , knowledge of animals and nature , saving life , or how to deal with accidents ’ , which were followed by chapters with advice and exhortation : ‘ Endurance for Scouts , or how to be strong ’ , ‘ Chivalry of the Knights ’ and finally , ‘ Patriotism , or our Duties as Citizens ’ . |