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• The concrete is strengthened with steel rods.

• She showed me some exercises for strengthening my lower back.

• We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries.

• His words strengthened my resolve.

• The accident strengthens the case for better safety measures at fairgrounds.

• The literature on this subject could have been strengthened by recent high-profile publications.

• This strengthens the case for work factors having a greater impact on socioeconomic inequalities in psychological distress among men.

• More generally, greater synthesis of research findings and more explicit discussion of explanatory theories and concepts would have strengthened the value of the book.

• Every centre was encouraged to strengthen its social science research, to address particular themes and overall staff numbers.

• As the structural dimension of solidarity had not strengthened, it was not surprising that the third hypotheses also had to be rejected.

• This should rather have strengthened their original support for the tax, instead of turning them against it.

• Because this strengthening typically takes place through a reduction in credit creation, it can produce a credit crunch that exacerbates the recession.

• Since it does not, this assumption strengthens the analysis that it is not present in these persons and numbers.

• In a few places the arguments would have been strengthened by use of additional material.

• These results led to the development of several dissemination activities to strengthen the recommendations on the appropriateness of breast cancer screening.

• The conjugal bond has strengthened, and has weakened the traditionally strong bonds with siblings, parents and other relatives of the extended family.

• This political culture relied on the use of "selective nostalgia" to strengthen loyalist local authority but could also be used to challenge central authority.

• In each case, clans further penetrated formal institutions and strengthened their control of the state's economic and political resources.

• If anything, the dominion of general medical practice was strengthened.

• Some guidance about these resources would have strengthened the book, as would more guidance and encouragement about using journals.