adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be closely/directly/strongly etc linked
▪ Our economy is inextricably linked with America’s.
bitterly/deeply/strongly resent
▪ She bitterly resented his mother’s influence over him.
correlate strongly/significantly/closely
▪ Lack of prenatal care correlates strongly with premature birth.
deeply/strongly/firmly committed
▪ He was deeply committed to his faith.
feature prominently/strongly/heavily etc
▪ Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.
react strongly
▪ Scott reacted strongly when he felt he was being treated unjustly.
smell strongly of sth
▪ The man smelled strongly of alcohol.
strongly advised
▪ You are strongly advised to take out medical insurance when visiting China.
strongly condemn sth/sb
▪ This procedure was strongly condemned by the opposition.
strongly critical
▪ Many parents are strongly critical of the school.
strongly disagreed
▪ Barr strongly disagreed with Kronfeld’s statement.
strongly disapproved
▪ Her family strongly disapproved of her behaviour.
strongly held/deeply held views (=strong views that someone is unwilling to change)
▪ He is known for his strongly held views on modern art.
strongly influenced
▪ Marx was strongly influenced by the historian Niebuhr.
strongly objected
▪ Robson strongly objected to the terms of the contract.
strongly related
▪ People’s occupations are strongly related to their level of education.
strongly reminiscent
▪ a style strongly reminiscent of Virginia Woolf’s novels
strongly support
▪ We strongly support the peace process.
strongly suspected
▪ She strongly suspected he was lying to her.
strongly/bitterly/savagely etc attack sb/sth
strongly/firmly deny sth
▪ Reports of government corruption have been strongly denied.
strongly/greatly
▪ The ancient tools discovered in Ethiopia strongly resemble those found in Tanzania.
strongly/severely/heavily criticize sb/sth
▪ Public transport has been severely criticized in the report.
strongly/vigorously/strenuously
▪ Barcelona strongly resisted moves by rival clubs to sign their star players.
taste strongly of sth
▪ The water tasted strongly of chlorine.
weighed strongly
▪ Her evidence weighed strongly with the judge.
widely/strongly/hotly tipped
▪ He had been widely tipped to get the new post of deputy director.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
reminiscent
▪ In other respects too, he is strongly reminiscent of Kant.
■ VERB
advise
▪ Message received. Strongly advise that you come soonest.
▪ First, I would strongly advise other CEOs to follow our experience because the results stood to be nothing short of spectacular.
▪ All the banks and the Post Office strongly advise against sending cash. route.
▪ We strongly advise anyone considering the test to use the counseling services available.
▪ Indeed, my legal representative has strongly advised me against making it.
▪ It is strongly advised to check with the U. S. State Department for the latest security condition while planning this trip.
▪ Your are strongly advised to take advantage of this offer for your benefit and security.
▪ We strongly advise you against reheating your meal at a later time.
argue
▪ The Prime Minister argued strongly against any form of federalism that would undermine the sovereignty of the nation-state.
▪ Some would argue strongly that it does not.
▪ Anderson argues strongly that such patterns can be explained only by looking at the material advantages and disadvantages of people living together.
▪ It has been strongly argued that the interpretation is mistaken.
▪ Samuel argued strongly and persuasively in favour of a National as opposed to a purely Conservative Government, and considerably influenced a receptive King.
▪ We argue strongly that practice in writing should not be confined to the literary essay.
▪ The existence of the two suites argues strongly against the royal apartment interpretation.
▪ They argue strongly for the retention of the unitary board, where all directors take collective responsibility for all board decisions.
associate
▪ I may be too strongly associated in Voznesensky's mind with a complicated period in his personal life.
▪ His success put the Windham Hill label, also strongly associated with New Age music, on the map.
▪ Many studies have shown that exercise-induced arrhythmias and complex ventricular activity are strongly associated with cardiovascular death in the first year.
▪ For example, the age at marriage is strongly associated with the likelihood of divorce.
attack
▪ Thus Realism was strongly attacked by the Behaviouralists, but almost exclusively on methodological grounds.
▪ But opponents have strongly attacked the measure.
believe
▪ It also believes strongly that there should be a ban on the import of hazardous waste into the United Kingdom.
▪ The Clinton administration strongly believes in exerting such pressure.
▪ He believed strongly in economic incentive.
▪ We believe strongly, however, that the term prevention should not be used when referring to abortion.
▪ I strongly believe Gary needs to be out.
▪ We also believe strongly that employers, employees and customers should not have their lives and businesses disrupted by wildcat strikes.
▪ We believe strongly in that....
condemn
▪ We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition ....
▪ And last night the emergency services strongly condemned the children's school for organising the event during such bad weather.
▪ Now a Commons Select Committee says it strongly condemns the pricing policies of the major record companies.
correlate
▪ The duration of the dance circuit is strongly correlated with the distance from the hive to the food.
▪ The academic support that parents provide at home is strongly correlated with how much young people achieve.
▪ Factors which correlate strongly with autonomy are: Strong goal orientation, even to the point of creating unnecessary hurdles.
criticised
▪ But they dropped the idea after the plans were strongly criticised on environmental grounds.
▪ The disclosure was strongly criticised by right-wing Cabinet members.
▪ Mr Bewick was criticised strongly yesterday by Mr Sells for carrying out too many operations rather than reflecting on the ethics involved.
▪ The actions of Rochdale's Social Services were strongly criticised at the time.
▪ Their move away from video, while strengthening a resolve with the fans, has been strongly criticised within business circles.
▪ Read in studio A Government plan to turn a disused juvenile prison into a detention centre for immigrants has been strongly criticised.
criticize
▪ This part of the Act has been strongly criticized and to some extent misused for a minority of very difficult cases.
▪ Former president Nixon strongly criticized Bush for failing to respond to the crisis in the republics with a massive aid program.
▪ Weber strongly criticized Marx's attempt to explain all social cleavages as the product of economically based class structures and struggles.
▪ It had also been strongly criticized by the tobacco industry.
▪ The House of Commons select committee on the environment has also strongly criticized the state of Britain's coastal defences.
▪ Parsons has been strongly criticized on all these points.
▪ Social services departments were strongly criticized in the 1980s for not taking more effective action to protect children at risk.
▪ It was strongly criticized by a majority of the Congress and by both business and the trade unions.
deny
▪ Mr Singh has strongly denied these allegations in the Press and wishes to do so again.
▪ In a letter to his House colleagues Thursday, Rangel strongly denied he had divulged confidential information.
▪ Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs.
▪ The reports were strongly denied by the Kings.
▪ Claims of harassment have been strongly denied.
▪ This was strongly denied by Sir Patrick.
▪ He strongly denies this, of course, but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence?
▪ They strongly denied that changes would be used to ensure that women's organisations were union-dominated.
disagree
▪ Reactions can therefore be highly subjective and we may find ourselves disagreeing strongly with what the artist is saying.
▪ S., I strongly disagree.
▪ Others, arguing that the free market is the best answer to low prices and surpluses, strongly disagree.
▪ A further 7% tend to disagree; while only 3% strongly disagree.
▪ Some people think that an uncreative individual can not properly be regarded as intelligent, and others strongly disagree.
▪ Kitson, Crick and Clarke were all talented individuals who disagreed strongly with the prevailing establishment views in their field.
▪ While I disagree strongly with her on the issues, my conduct at her meeting was inappropriate.
disapprove
▪ I believe my father strongly disapproves of Uncle Adam or whatever businesses he runs.
▪ Gay marriage has emerged as an explosive social issue, with polls indicating that most voters strongly disapprove of it.
▪ I strongly disapprove of needless bloodshed, be the blood flowing from human veins or otherwise.
▪ Bob strongly disapproved of drinking and driving.
▪ Naturally, if some one has a characteristic you strongly disapprove of you will rate them as being more favourable and vice-versa.
▪ Tracey would strongly disapprove if he knew whom she was calling.
▪ People often strongly disapprove of others who behave in unusual ways.
feature
▪ Indeed they should feature strongly in any retirement counselling programme.
▪ Buy-outs from receivership featured strongly during the year, while buy-ins from receivership fell.
▪ Posters and photographs featured strongly in the catalogue and the general mixture was much the same as that in the other sales.
▪ Pet hates and favourite amusements will feature strongly.
▪ Housing, public health and education featured strongly.
▪ The module will be undertaken on a group basis and self and peer assessment will feature strongly.
feel
▪ He feels strongly that racially based scholarships are unfair.
▪ I felt strongly that we could maintain a racketeering suit under state and federal extortion laws.
▪ Why, after all, should public bodies be specially protected from the grievances of citizens who feel strongly enough to litigate?
▪ I strongly felt as if I would die, but I was not afraid.
▪ I feel strongly now the sense of other worlds, worlds which I will never know.
▪ If the writer feels strongly about including drawings, citations, and explanations, then by all means include such material.
hold
▪ If the expectation is held strongly then market participant action may well bring about the event that was expected.
▪ But there is little doubt it reflected views held strongly in the Oval Office.
▪ Presented with case studies, it takes no time for pupils to express strongly held opinions.
▪ We turned our strongly held ideas about dieting and thinness upside down.
▪ Is it not likely that beliefs strongly held by most of us are equally suspect to them?
▪ Sometimes we are convinced that something is true because it is a strongly held belief of many other people.
influence
▪ The young were free flying, and the future status of this species in Sussex will be strongly influenced by this population.
▪ Positive feedback from peers also strongly influenced the managers' development.
▪ It was strongly influenced by the contemporary art movement known as Constructivism, which was being energetically pursued.
▪ Pinochet that are strongly influenced by the military.
▪ Rather, it seems voters were strongly influenced by their perception of the competence of their own local authority.
▪ Father spoke Cantonese because Taoping Academy, although in the north, had been strongly influenced by Kwangtung men.
▪ Its tenth century architecture was strongly influenced by that of Kiev.
▪ The way they reacted to the workplace was strongly influenced by their own personal situation.
link
▪ They had a strong sense of shared identity, had been trained together, and were strongly linked by kinship ties.
▪ Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.
object
▪ The little mite had objected strongly.
▪ Like his Symbolist friends Gauguin in 1888 strongly objected to illusionist painting.
▪ This was strongly objected to by another person.
oppose
▪ And he said the application would be strongly opposed by residents.
▪ Such arguments were strongly opposed by environmental groups such as Greenpeace.
▪ Lungren was strongly opposed to the legalization of medical marijuana.
▪ The left strongly opposes both nuclear tests and plans to manufacture nuclear weapons.
▪ Animal advocates strongly oppose the practice of denying insurance to owners of pit bulls and Rottweilers.
▪ The idea was strongly opposed by Britain, and quickly vetoed by the Council of Ministers.
▪ Those provisions had been strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association.
react
▪ He grabbed toys from other kids and reacted strongly to any sign of aggression from them.
▪ There is no doubt that part of the Catholic community in Britain reacted strongly to the destruction and damage of Catholic churches.
▪ Those with a particular political or religious upbringing may react strongly against that.
▪ Shares in privatised companies reacted strongly to the possibility of a Tory-dominated hung Parliament.
▪ More importantly, he had a metabolism which reacted strongly to crisis.
recommend
▪ As such, it can be strongly recommended.
▪ After the third such bout in the space of a few months, a tonsillectomy was strongly recommended by the family physician.
▪ The type of detailed empirical research reviewed above suggests that scepticism is to be strongly recommended.
▪ We strongly recommend the use of an instant read thermometer to determine doneness more accurately.
▪ This is a good book and I strongly recommend it.
▪ Johnson strongly recommended Ben Rich to succeed him.
▪ Stapledon strongly recommends a second harrowing to cover the seeds before rolling.
▪ In fact, I strongly recommend it.
relate
▪ The occurrence of these pigments does not appear to be strongly related to organisms' evolutionary relationships.
resist
▪ Both these matters were deep in political controversy, the second in particular being strongly resisted by the police as well as by the Government.
▪ Tight controls were strongly resisted by developing countries.
▪ It is precisely in such circumstances that the imposition of obligations upon third parties is most strongly resisted.
▪ This has been strongly resisted by the police and there have been a series of clashes.
▪ There was also pressure for a whole ministry responsible for civil aviation, but this was strongly resisted by the Air Ministry.
▪ Ridgeway strongly resisted freeing the men, though he admitted that the evidence placed before the court had not demonstrated their guilt.
suggest
▪ These results strongly suggest the appropriateness of the relative ordering of the first three levels.
▪ Tsai, Lee and their colleagues represent an independent new force that strongly suggests the future of San Francisco politics.
▪ Nevertheless, the most reliable evidence strongly suggests that the children of the war are suffering from secondhand exposure to the toxin.
▪ All the phenomena to be described under the section Complex Partial Seizures strongly suggest a temporal lobe origin.
▪ We strongly suggest you take your copy of your final invoice along with your travel documents.
▪ The results from more than a decade of study strongly suggest that, in fact, there is a connection.
▪ The existential sentence strongly suggests that there is nothing metaphorical about this experience for Lok.
▪ In total these records strongly suggest a westerly winter movement through the county.
support
▪ The Institute, although strongly supported by the Company, was run by a committee.
▪ Throughout 1971-74 the Nixon administration, as could be expected, strongly supported decentralization.
▪ Participation by suburbs that once strongly supported magnet projects is in question.
▪ It also wants to know what the position of Unix International Inc, which it strongly supports, is going to be.
▪ Both of these Republican presidents undertook aggressive antitrust actions, and both strongly supported, and expanded, federal housing programs.
▪ We believe therefore that the available evidence strongly supports the use of full-dose aspirin as adjunctive therapy to thrombolysis.
▪ Dole, with farmers and agribusiness at the core of his Kansas constituency, has strongly supported tax credits for ethanol.
suspect
▪ But Cassie strongly suspected that Johnny would have got there in the end, without any help from Bella.
▪ He could not explain the bloodstains on his trousers, but he strongly suspected them to be rabbit's blood.
▪ Strongly suspecting that some one was hiding.
▪ Though Dawson may not have masterminded this sophisticated and influential forgery, his complicity in the affair was strongly suspected.
▪ I fear, I strongly suspect, that this is the route to blowing yourself away.
▪ I strongly suspect the limits are set by social empathy in interactions with animals.
urge
▪ The Parish council would, therefore, strongly urge your committee to refuse this application.
▪ They strongly urge the assorted presidents, prime ministers and corporate chieftains to come without their staffs and guards.
▪ All building society investors and financial advisers are strongly urged to check that they are getting the best rates available.
▪ The establishment of a national asylum had been strongly urged by sundry persons and medical societies since the late 1880s.
▪ The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks, and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter.
▪ I strongly urge you to just gently dress the pasta with the sauce.
▪ And I strongly urge them to send the tasty Kirstie to Mr Lovegrove's corner shop to get their rations.
▪ I strongly urge him to do so, if he can reach a sensible and reasonable compromise.
word
▪ A strongly worded White House statement on March 7 had appealed for international support in stopping the operation of the Rabta plant.
▪ Once again, the agency sent a strongly worded warning letter, but took no punitive action.
▪ Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
▪ In a strongly worded letter this week to several dozen television stations, Rep.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carefully/clearly/strongly etc worded
▪ A strongly worded White House statement on March 7 had appealed for international support in stopping the operation of the Rabta plant.
▪ His criticisms have become so predictable and strongly worded that they are counter-productive.
▪ In a carefully worded address, Wyman argued the paradoxical facts.
▪ In a strongly worded letter this week to several dozen television stations, Rep.
▪ On the eve of the talks, the two sides had exchanged strongly worded statements on the issue.
▪ Once again, the agency sent a strongly worded warning letter, but took no punitive action.
▪ Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
▪ The agreement was carefully worded to give some satisfaction to both parties.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Harold's suit smelled strongly of mothballs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Animal advocates strongly oppose the practice of denying insurance to owners of pit bulls and Rottweilers.
▪ As an aside, if the bad-tasting red disks are strongly reinforced, avoiding pain can become more important than seeking pleasure.
▪ But other aspects of the dinosaur living habits are still more strongly debated.
▪ It is entirely legitimate to criticize the modern hospital system strongly so as to help patients function better within it.
▪ So the Giants do have to get better, and history suggests rather strongly that better means not staying the same.
▪ Surviving daguerreotype self-portraits reveal a slim figure with strongly chiselled features.
▪ The booking of Richard Quinn strongly suggests that connections mean business here.