sufficient strength

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sufficient
adjective
uk
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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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 ofsufficientandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The theory may havesufficientstrengthto overcome this weakness, but the weakness remains.
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As we can see clearly, a resonant forcing withsufficientstrengthinduces an early stage bubble breakup.
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Graded information about the target choices is reflected in the activation space, but not insufficientstrengthto trigger a movement.
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Indeed, if a lower-level normative community hassufficientstrength, it may even be able to counter a higher legal authority's attempts to invalidate its norms.
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This provides some optimism that the glue will havesufficientstrengthto withstand the machine forces.
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In contrast, in the presence of a magnetic field ofsufficientstrength, and both decrease for an increasing degree of inhomogeneity.
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The long-term need of this country is going to besufficientstrengthto deter a possible aggressor.
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People will either receive a signal ofsufficientstrengthto obtain a service, or they will not.
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Clearly, it is being said that none of the factors or scenarios is ofsufficientstrengthto provide a likely explanation.
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The only way that we can do that is by havingsufficientstrengthand retaining a nuclear deterrent.
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I do not believe that that is asufficientstrengthof opinion to weigh against the arguments that have been deployed.
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We are advised that there issufficientstrengthin order to see that evacuation is carried out, and with reasonable speed.
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That unnecessary war was therefore brought about because the forces of democracy were not aligned insufficientstrengthto balance the forces of aggression.
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It cannot go before, because it has not gotsufficientstrength.
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It should be ofsufficientstrengthand adequately equipped in order to be able to keep both sides under observation.
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We require a fleet which has surface and aerial surveillance withsufficientstrengthto monitor the areas on a full-time basis.
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The cables used were ofsufficientstrength; the wires used carried away due to chafe caused by bad weather.
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The industry at the present moment has notsufficientstrengthto perform even that feat of tenacity.
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Could we meet the enemy, not on equal terms, but insufficientstrengthto save our skin?
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They had notsufficientstrength, owing to lack of food, to enable them to carry on; they had, in fact, no food in them.
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