Sentence examples for strengthening ahead from inspiring English sources
But paceman Steven Finn is to rest from all cricket for a period of "strengthening" ahead of next month's Test series against Pakistan.
Laudrup signed a one-year contract extension in March which ties him to the club until June 2015 but only after receiving assurances that the squad would be strengthened ahead of a maiden Europa League campaign.
Exeter Chiefs have further strengthened ahead of next season by agreeing new contracts with three members of the first-team squad.
Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara admitted his side need to strengthen ahead of next season after he watched his team lose 3-0 away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Ferry and rail services in Scotland have been cancelled as winds strengthen ahead of an Atlantic storm that is due to hit the UK later.
Swansea have also made a bid of £1.5m for Newcastle midfielder Wayne Routledge, as Rodgers continues to strengthen ahead of Swansea's televised Premier League debut at Manchester City on 15 August.
Demand for Gulf oysters strengthens ahead of Thanksgiving, Miller noted.
A longstanding pattern whereby rebels shell Ukrainian positions from close to residential areas, the Ukrainians fire back imprecisely and civilians die has been continuing in recent days, with a new wave of fighting breaking out that may be about strengthening positions ahead of a putative meeting between Putin and Poroshenko.
IKEA Foundation's funds will be critical to pre-position supplies and strengthen services ahead of the rains, and to reach displaced communities before it is too late.
Fighting needs to stop and financial support to the response must be accelerated so that humanitarian agencies, including UNICEF, can access children in need, pre-position supplies and strengthen services ahead of the rains".
"Although market uncertainties from the European crisis and the slow global economic recovery are still lingering, we expect to increase" spending on research and development "for strengthening our competitiveness ahead of planned new product launches," Robert Yi, Samsung's head of investor relations, said in a statement.
