Bligh confronted the pair and accused them of complicity in the desertion plot, which they strenuously denied; without further corroboration Bligh could not act against them.
It's a reasonable question, I guess, but how do you train for daylong strenuous exercise without spending days strenuously exercising?
West's sculpture recalls certain pieces by Claes Oldenburg, but without the American's strenuously jokey imagery.
I don't believe a single story based on Snowden documents has yet been published without consultation with the government, without giving the government an opportunity to strenuously object and to point out things that might cause harm in their view.
Last week, a spokesman for the prince strenuously denied that he had taken part in an "incident," without saying what the incident was.
But homeowners whose lots border the park complained strenuously about potential noise and odor, and the proposal was dropped without a formal vote.
Britain can age gracefully – without the ugly family row these conservatives are trying so strenuously to stoke.
By the same token, if Bremmer doesn't want to get pigeonholed, he has little choice but to strenuously reject the declinist label, even as he is describing a "world without leaders".
He added: "It doesn't do much for your confidence that this is an agency that is arguing strenuously for a mandatory data retention regime that they let this document go without realising it.
Several smaller countries objected strenuously since the proposal would have meant that they would have had to do without a commissioner for a set period of time.
