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‘Winds can be strong.’

[⟨det (plur wind.n)⟩ strong.a]

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In the British National Corpus:

It’s sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This causes more Atlantic depressions to cross the middle of the UK, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A man braves strong winds and heavy rains under a tropical typhoon attack in front of Olympics decoration on the Hong Kong waterfront August 6, 2008.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Strong winds pass easily across the prairie, making it an ideal location for commercial – scale, wind – power generation.
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In Wikipedia:

While Allison’s winds weren’t overly strong, it caused tremendous flooding in Texas and Louisiana, with 20 – 25inches of rain occurring in some locations.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Besides the strong, gusty winds and strong current, there are the barges… and you can *n’t schedule their passing through.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

For now, the vacant golf course and strong winds make it a great place for kiteboarding.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The seventh storm of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season made land on Tuesday, lashing the island of Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The winds each afternoon had been strong enough to push me to my limits of endurance.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The winds were still strong and waves still crashing so, Peter got scared and began to sink.
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In Wikipedia:

However, Hurricane Hunters reported strong winds in excess of 90mph (145km / h) within the deep convection, and late on November 17 Gordon attained hurricane status while located about 245miles (345km) southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina; shortly thereafter the hurricane reached peak winds of 85mph (140km / h).
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In Wikipedia:

Bobby Bare did his own cover of “Four Strong Winds” after hearing Jenning’s version.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The winds have been consistently strong.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Strong winds resulting from this will not only rough up the ocean, but will drive water toward the coastline.
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In Wikipedia:

These winds can be strong enough to sandblast paint off ships at sea.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dad’s mostly worried about the very large pines around the house that might fall on it if the winds are strong enough.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The winds were so strong, it damaged our airplane before it even left the ground.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Gustav continues to bring heavy rains, strong winds and flooding to Louisiana.
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In Wikipedia:

The hurricane’s strong winds destroyed most of the buildings in the Islamorada area, and many World War I veteran workers were killed by the storm surge.
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Queried on 2013-05-20.