Example sentences of "take a strong " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a certain extent it does not matter how well a product performs if the user takes a strong dislike to it then it will not succeed in the long run . |
| 2 | And besides , it would take a stronger stomach than mine to contemplate furthering our acquaintance . ’ |
| 3 | Will Thorne — MP , trade unionist and patriot — declared that the patriotism of West Ham socialists would not prevent them from taking a strong political stance on relief questions ( SE 15 August 14 ) . |
| 4 | For over two years Labour has rejected taking a strong campaigning position , even within the law . |
| 5 | Next to Assad 's Syria , Colonel Gaddafi 's Libya had become little more than a refuge for Palestinian extremists , a useful quartermaster s supply depot for arms and explosives , and a convenient whipping boy for Western governments anxious to be seen taking a strong line on terrorism without risking their strategic interests in the Middle East . |
| 6 | However , for the moment , the Book Trade could exploit the uncertainty by taking a strong position as potential multimedia traders . |
| 7 | Taking a stronger interest in birds requires more effort . |
| 8 | The criminal law took a strong line against duelling in the nineteenth century , despite the notions of honour which still regarded it as appropriate or correct for settling certain disputes . |
| 9 | This is not , for once , the Beowulf -poet , who took a strong line on ylfe or elves , putting them into a list with ‘ ettens ’ and indeed with ‘ orcs ’ — a very stern view of all non-human and un-Christian species . |
| 10 | In theory an excise on home production of tobacco could have produced the same revenue as a tax on imports but in practice it took a strong and efficient government to levy an excise , while almost any government could find private businessmen who would pay a lump sum of cash in return for the right to collect the official rates of customs duties at a port . |
| 11 | He also took a strong part in famine relief and the campaign to abolish the British opium trade to China . |
| 12 | Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much . |
| 13 | The House will recall that we took a strong lead in the international effort to help the Kurds in Iraq . |
| 14 | Mr Lang took a strong personal interest in the moves to retain the Ayr plant . |
| 15 | The Commission also took a stronger stand in respect of two other countries on its agenda : Cuba will not come under special scrutiny by a representative of the UN Secretary-General and the Expert on Equatorial Guinea , a country which receives assistance under the UN Advisory Services Program , has been requested to study the human rights situation there . |
| 16 | With trepidation I took a stronger hold of it and it came away altogether but with a sharp dagger of soreness , like digging out a splinter . |
| 17 | Paula might look as if butter would n't melt in her mouth but when her mind was made up to something it took a stronger woman than Grace to talk her out of it . |
| 18 | Lord Widgery CJ in Lloyd took a stronger view : " all its goodness or virtue " must go for s.6(1) to apply ( emphasis added ) . |
| 19 | It 's time we took a stronger line with wild-eyed enthusiasts who do n't think through the full consequences of their soft-hearted feelings . |
| 20 | A family drama five years ago awakened Steilmann to the ecological crisis — his daughter had taken a strong dental painkiller and was close to death because of an allergic reaction . |
| 21 | Michael Heseltine , as Secretary of State for the Environment , had taken a strong line on Barlaston , using his powers to carry out emergency repairs for the first time . |
| 22 | Perhaps Sir James and Mr Soros , an expert on Eastern Europe , have taken a strong view on Russia 's difficulties . |
| 23 | He had always taken a strong interest in his students but , compared with Camberwell and Central , the College , having more pretensions , had a social side that created greater togetherness . |
| 24 | The moral terrain of the right has taken a strong line with football hooliganism , under-age drinking , heroin addiction , welfare scroungers , young criminals and the unemployed and homeless youth . |
| 25 | The Government have taken a strong lead in international forums to restrict the use of drift nets and to increase the safeguards for whales . |
| 26 | In the course of his visit Mandela addressed Congress and travelled to other US cities which had taken a strong anti-apartheid stance , including Atlanta , Georgia , where he visited the tomb of the Rev. Martin Luther King . |
| 27 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
| 28 | As you wander along the ridge , it 's a long time before you lose sight of its neat white contours , and if you take a strong pair of binoculars on your walk , you can keep an eye on how the housemaid is turning your bed down . |
| 29 | But this is only a ground for drawing a strong contrast between them and ‘ primary qualities ’ like shape , for those who , like Mackie , take a strong realist line about the latter which I find unacceptable . |
| 30 | The fact that the Foreign Secretary has decided to intervene would indicate that the US is prepared to take a strong line , and to use its influence to force Unita to accept the Angolan reading of the agreement . |