Example sentences of "strength to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does no such thing ; rather it defines the circumstances and conditions in which a marriage has ceased to be a source of happiness and strength to those involved and may be brought to an end … |
| 2 | It grows from strength to strength each year and the quality of the programme gets even better . |
| 3 | De Valois summed up the ideas of these two great choreographers by saying : ‘ Only synchronisation of arms and legs will give symmetry to step and pose , strength to the jump , speed to the pirouettes , calm to the adage and spaciousness to the dance . ’ |
| 4 | The Fix is a rigid camming device , with a specially forged alloy stem , designed to give a higher level of strength to the stem . |
| 5 | She suddenly realised she had passed from the survival phase to a phase where she could see that The Body Shop had become a retailing institution that was going from strength to strength . |
| 6 | Light , high tensile strength fibres confer stiffness and strength to a polymer resin that binds them into a rigid three-dimensional form . |
| 7 | The sensationalist side of sports reporting has gone from strength to strength in the popular press since the advent of television . |
| 8 | My childhood memories were a great source of strength to me after the members of my family died , one by one , and I was left to work the farm alone . |
| 9 | It was then up to the industry 's writers to find amusing and diverting ways to explore these important questions , sustain morale and present an image of British strength to the outside world . |
| 10 | Even so Edinburgh Academicals have provided Sole with a solid platform from which he has gone from strength to strength , culminating in three Tests and a series triumph for the Lions . |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , but a song like ‘ Strength to Strength' ’ is a joke we 're playing on the English working class after the election . |
| 12 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 13 | What is true is that , in recent years , such actions have been backed up by sophisticated political lobbying and scientific enquiry that have added strength to the organization 's dramatic calls for change . |
| 14 | When each day shall add strength to its limbs , and its love . |
| 15 | The guilts and pains he had foisted upon a fictional being would come back in even greater strength to their source , and he knew that he would go mad . |
| 16 | The lightweight catenary shell offers advantages and problems similar to those of the suspension bridge : good strength to weight ratio and long spans versus undue flexibility , twist and anchorage difficulties . |
| 17 | The removal of selected pyramid modules can offer internal openings and improve the strength to weight ratio of the system , while not sacrificing stability . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The Act of Union , he added , had brought prosperity , peace and strength to both nations over 300 years . |
| 20 | His theatrical reputation went from strength to strength . |
| 21 | From that moment they have gone from strength to strength and last year reached the final of the Pilkington Cup only to lose in extra time . |
| 22 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 23 | By that time the Fascist party in Italy had increased in strength to 300,000 members . |
| 24 | The export of high quality quarry stones and gravel mainly for road construction in South East England is a trade which is going from strength to strength . |
| 25 | These include lignin , which helps to give some of the strength to wood , and compounds such as alkaloids , which plants produce for purposes that are largely unknown , but which include the ability to repel insect pests . |
| 26 | For several years the business went from strength to strength . |
| 27 | A and B might well have features in common from the outset ( the c elements in the figure ) and these will produce primary generalization — training on A will give associative strength to stimulus elements that are present also in B. The X representation functions in just the same way as the c elements in producing generalization except for the fact that the ability of A and B to activate X is based on prior conditioning . |
| 28 | in biochemistry at the University of California and spent his working life at the Agriculture Experimental Station of the State University of New Jersey , where he gave strength to the science of soil microbiology . |
| 29 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 30 | Finally , an emotional attachment or special friendship — call it what you will — can only go from strength to strength now , and in this respect , October should have a fairytale ending . |