1. Anyway, to get back to our story; over the years we went from strength to strength, moving to a rented warehouse and then four years ago my husband bought an old cinema. BNC
2. In a year when all other parts of the charitable sector have been hit by the drop in disposable income, environmental charities have gone from strength to strength. BNC
3. Washington's career went from strength to strength in the '40s and '50s, but her private life is the stuff of folklore. BNC