1.   The Sony platform has struck a strong chord among normally highly conservative publishing organisations.

2.   He once said that he was suspicious of a songwriter who was afraid of a strong tonic chord.

3.   Kerri just struck a very strong chord inside of a lot of people.

4.   She plays four strong chords.

5.   The idea touched strong racial chords, but it was approved, and many credit Satcher with saving the historically black medical college.

6.   The measure struck an especially strong chord with lawmakers who had grown increasingly alarmed by intelligence reports of Chinese arms exports.

7.   Vouchers seemed to strike a strong chord with the teachers.

8.   Preliminary talks have taken place behind closed doors, but Barak used his first public appearances as leader-elect to strike strong symbolic chords.

9.   The violent death of a child strikes a strong emotional chord in the public consciousness.

10.   But his message of black discipline and self-reliance appears to have struck strong chord in a community battered by violence, drugs and poverty.