1.   Although the strength would be adequate, the thinner section makes the handlebar uncomfortable to hold.

2.   For its weight, therefore, the strength of timber is as good or better than most of its competitors.

3.   Her strength was her ability to elicit and inspire confidences rather than fear in the people she befriended.

4.   Her strengths are her experienced pilots and her well-tested technology which make her a reliable workhorse.

5.   His relative electoral strength is not an end in itself, but an illustration of his influence outside the mainstream.

6.   If the strength of our involvement were to diminish then so, inevitably, would our inward investment.

7.   The basic criterion for survival is that the crushing strength be greater than the maximum aerodynamic pressure experienced during atmospheric entry.

8.   Their strengths are rather in clearing the ground of preconceived ideas about the arts, and putting new points of view.

9.   You practically needed a stepladder to get their autographs, and their sheer size and strength was intimidating and overwhelming.