Example sentences of "with a strong [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lords entered the fray in December with a strong preference for PR as a means of keeping both the Labour party and the Commons in check , so that in January 1918 there were disputes between the two houses as well as between and within the parties . |
| 2 | Francis Tidbury : Guilty of both the murders of Inspector Drewitt and PC Shorter , but with a strong plea for leniency because of his youth . |
| 3 | The stunt took eighteen months to set up , and was only for those with a strong head for heights . |
| 4 | Factors which correlate positively with a strong search for power are : |
| 5 | Thus , Lewis and Clark left the area with a strong regard for the Nez Perce : |
| 6 | His programme had combined calls for radical political reform with a strong appeal for Russia 's sovereign rights , including ownership of all the republic 's natural resources , an independent foreign policy , and the primacy of republican legislation over that of the USSR as a whole . |
| 7 | Yeltsin 's political programme combined calls for radical economic reform with a strong appeal for Russia 's sovereign rights . |
| 8 | Systematic sampling of West German voters carried out in 1979–80 indicated that 13 per cent of all voters in the Federal Republic had a consolidated extreme rightist ‘ world view ’ ; 14 per cent responded positively to the statement that ‘ we should again have a Leader who would rule Germany with a strong hand for the good of all ’ . |
| 9 | Against them , the pragmatists have argued that the growth of European accountability , with a stronger role for the European Parliament and greater enforcement powers for the European Court . |