I also tended to make my inlays a shade deeper, but that meant ensuring that the base wood was fractionally thicker to avoid sacrificing strength.

Composite construction, as it is called, allows for sleek, almost sensual designs without sacrificing strength or stability.

Luscombe's construction techniques allowed him to build his aircraft quickly and cheaply, without sacrificing strength.

To meet the speed criteria it was essential that the wright of the boat was maintained at as low a level as possible, without sacrificing strength.

They could be fined down to save weight without sacrificing strength.

On the other hand, he had not sacrificed strength.

And, what's more, he's done it without sacrificing the lightness and strength of the guitar, nor any of its internal volume.

He sacrificed strength to send himself to you in that way.

Steven Kretchmer's advancements in the alloying of metals allowed the modern day tension ring to lose much of its weight without sacrificing strength.

The steel chassis tubes themselves were of a thinner gauge than the 12's, sacrificing strength in Chapman's quest for weight-saving.