considerable strength
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandstrength
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Transitivity of indifference may haveconsiderablestrength.
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All that said, liberalization did eventually serve the interests of domestic financial and banking sectors, vesting them withconsiderablestrength.
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I say that withconsiderablestrength.
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On this occasion it produced words ofconsiderablestrength.
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We are discussing an industry withconsiderablestrength.
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There wasconsiderablestrengthof feeling about that test.
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The internal width of the building is 10.80 m, and the walls of the ground storey are ofconsiderablestrength, measuring 2.70 m in thickness.
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The pressure-driven instability excites the strong m/n = 2/1 vortex pairs, which in turn generatesconsiderablestrengthof toroidal flows.
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It is something that we must work against withconsiderablestrength.
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This view is supported by theconsiderablestrengthof forward sterling quotations.
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I appreciate that this is an issue which causedconsiderablestrengthof opinion.
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Many of those against whom litigation is raised are financial institutions ofconsiderablestrength.
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I know that the topic has arousedconsiderablestrengthof feeling.
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We have a film industry ofconsiderablestrengthand importance in this country.
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That is aconsiderablestrengthand something which does not exist at present.
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That shows aconsiderablestrengthof feeling on the part of the public.
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These have shownconsiderablestrengthof feeling about allowing vehicles as heavy as 40 tonnes on our roads.
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It would lendconsiderablestrengthto its claim that forestry can really contribute towards arresting rural depopulation.
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However, we feel, withconsiderablestrength, that there should be some general public interest defence enshrined in the statute.
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That was said at a time when this urgent problem was just beginning to show itsconsiderablestrength.
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I think that possibly my size is such that the gale will need to be ofconsiderablestrength.
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The population grew throughout the nineteenth century, and the industry of the town developed to aconsiderablestrength.
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It is an industry whose development over recent years has put it in a position ofconsiderablestrength.
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There is alwaysconsiderablestrengthof feeling on the question of fluoridation of the domestic water supply.
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I suggest that in that sphere the railway organisations will deriveconsiderablestrengthin any unpopular action which they wish to carry through.
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