1. The rain isn't strengthening, is it?

2. Environmental pressures are strengthening the case for waterborne freight.

3. The new law is aimed at strengthening protective measures for workers.

4. The economy is now strengthening after a long and debilitating recession.

5. By strengthening the embankments they secured the village from floods.

6. They have been strengthening their border defences in preparation for war.

7. We look forward to strengthening still further our already close co-operation with the police service.

8. Other poor countries looked outward,[Sentencedict.com ] strengthening their ties to the economic superpowers.

9. He was particularly pleased with the strengthening.

10. Negotiations are continuing aimed at strengthening a two-man board.

11. Every public official is dedicated to strengthening the family.

12. Is there not now a good case for strengthening the frontier wire, as a matter of urgency?

13. That involves strengthening laws, and enforcing them-hard in states cursed by corruption.

14. Community organizing indirectly produces positive health impacts, through strengthening social networks, community participation, psychological empowerment, and community competence.

15. We'll just focus on strengthening your stomach muscles for now.

16. But now a strengthening California economy, spearheaded by a boom in Silicon Valley, has sent prices modestly upward.

17. He said that it needed strengthening in the northern province.

18. Here, the strengthening of family values and citizenship go hand in hand.

19. Strengthening democratic accountability in the Community was one of the issues discussed.

20. Forbes also is strengthening his ties to Republicans in Congress, even as he continues to play the outsider.

21. If the Government wants to save the Pound it should start by strengthening the British economy.

22. The judicial minister cited the latest crime figures as proof of the need for strengthening of the comprehensive administration of social public order.

23. The fall in unemployment is a sign of a strengthening economy.

24. Remember, professionally speaking, there is here the exciting potential for greatly strengthening the teaching aspect of the library media program.

25. Among the other innovations described last June were a strengthening of the Cabinet Office's staff resources for science and technology.

26. Traditional exercises like sit-ups, press-ups and pull-ups are great for strengthening the body, providing that you do them properly.

27. From within the universities there were stern voices of anti-vocationalism and resistance to public demands for responsiveness, strengthening the impression.

28. To liberals, it means closing loopholes for the rich and strengthening the earned income tax credit.

29. The new policy would seek to reverse the pattern of out-migration while strengthening the economic base of inner-city areas.

30. These sorts of issues have led to calls for the strengthening of merger policy.