Sentence examples for central strengths from inspiring English sources

This country's rich tradition of philanthropy is one of our central strengths and truly necessary for any civilized democracy.

Reticence and a piercing sanity are this writer's central strengths, so it is a shame that in trying to make do with a rudimentary and over-tested structure, he shows confidence bordering on folly.

The premise of the event, as Gordon Brown said, was to advance "a new approach -- moving beyond minimum standards, beyond philanthropy and beyond traditional corporate social responsibility -- important though they are -- to develop long-term business initiatives that mobilize the resources and talents that are the central strengths of global business".

Fund-raising has become a central strength of Mr. Romney, who is poised to raise more money than Mr. Obama by the end of the campaign.

But the joys and wonders of "Win It All" don't depend solely on its aspects of personal or psychological allegory — in fact, those elements are mere sidebars and spinoffs of its mighty central strength.

Dell's voice here — nonjudgmental, insightful, laconic and slightly melancholy but at ease with the language he's using to plumb his memory — is the central strength of this remarkable novel.

Failure would have brought not only the loss of most of their bargaining rights, including the right to strike, but would also have called into question what had long been their central strength — their ability to organize and deliver votes.

The cable core contains a single solid or stranded central strength element that is surrounded by optical fibres; these are either arranged loosely in a rigid core tube or packed tightly into a cushioned, flexible outer jacket.

De Lama says: 'David himself regrets, I think, a comment he made, on behalf of a campaign client, disparaging a rival senator as an "ageing hack in a reformer's body".' But he adds: 'David's central strength is that he is a genuine idealist.

Baseball is constantly under attack for its slowness and irrelevance — there was another deep-water essay along these lines in the Times not long ago — but its central strength isn't constant competitive excitement or even sweet tradition; it's difficulty.

First, both the central strength and limitation of our study is that we pooled effect estimates of the included studies.