source of strength
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandstrength
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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strength
noun
uk/streŋθ/us/streŋθ/
the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or ...
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(Definition ofsourceandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The past was asourceofstrengthbecause it provided examples of difficulties overcome before.
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This is not wrong, it is asourceofstrength, but it is not enough.
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Was it asourceofstrengthfor her or a source of weakness?
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However, this belief could be asourceofstrength.
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The rival world views have actually become asourceofstrengthfor feminism.
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When is functioning as an outsider likely to prove asourceofstrengthfor the political leader in question, and when is it likely to prove a source of weakness?
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He and several of his descendants and disciples claimed that they were not simply their spiritual masters, but also asourceofstrengthand help in politics and power struggles.
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I think that is asourceofstrength.
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Why is it that thatsourceofstrengthis willingly thrown away?
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It affects us all and is asourceofstrengthbehind every preparation in which we all have confidence.
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If ever the need should arise, these forces will prove a greatsourceofstrengthin our naval defence.
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The inter-change between the branches of the professions is an enormoussourceofstrength.
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That is not a weakness of the trade unions but asourceofstrength.
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I believe that it is also a considerablesourceofstrengthto go forward together as far as possible in questions of colonial development.
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It is, in my opinion, asourceofstrength, and not of weakness, that we are united with them in loose bonds.
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I hold the view that a nuclear deterrent of that kind is not asourceofstrength, but indeed a source of weakness.
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Local interpretation and enforcement is both asourceofstrengthand the cause of considerable anxiety.
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Indeed, its continuity is a greatsourceofstrength.
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These installations will be asourceofstrength, of course, to our balance of payments in the future.
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What asourceofstrengththis would have been in an industry which has experienced difficulty in achieving public acceptability.
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