Sentence examples for long-standing strength from inspiring English sources

The party had considerable difficulty gaining support in areas outside its Welsh-speaking core in the north and west of Wales, mainly because of the long-standing strength of the Labour Party in the populous English-speaking south.

Alexandra Jones, the chief executive of Centre for Cities, said: "London is leading the recovery and its long-standing economic strength continues to attract talented workers.

Forward genetic screens have been a long-standing feature and strength of the zebrafish system.

In part, the effect has been to reduce the distortions, misallocation of capital and indiscipline that have for about two decades neutralised Japan's long-standing economic and social strengths: excellent education, co-operative relations inside companies and advanced technology.

A long-standing hypothesis is that altered synaptic strength is maintained by structural modifications to synapses.

Commenting on the plans, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, said: "Most civil servants are dedicated and hard working, but like all organisations the civil service needs to address long-standing weaknesses and build on existing strengths.

This study has strengths of being long-standing, targeting the whole middle-aged population, and integrating into ordinary health care activities thus allowing evaluation of a large longitudinal population database.

But Homeland's strength is in the long-standing relationships – you want to see Carrie and Saul together as much as she evidently does.

Lewis Milestone won an Oscar and a long-standing reputation as a pacifist on the strength of "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) and its much better second-world-war equivalent "A Walk in the Sun" (1946).

The conflict between strength and toughness is a long-standing challenge in advanced materials design.

With Hillary Clinton still recovering from pneumonia, Trump offered new variations on his long-standing charge that his Democratic opponent lacks the strength and stamina to lead the nation.