Brush strokes disappear upon to Flash

I've created an Illustrator CS3 illustration that includes a few different art brush strokes at different line weights.
The brush strokes that appear small (small in size/shape/width) in the file disappear entirely when I import the file onto the stage in Flash. Thicker brush strokes look fine.
I tried expanding the brush strokes (turning them into polygons) before import but they still disappear when brought into Flash.
Does anyone know why this is or if there's a workaround?
Thanks,
Joe

Hi Wade,
Thanks for your quick response.
I tried importing it as a symbol into Flash but the small brush strokes still disappeared.
A hint to what might be causing the problem: When I enlarge the artwork in Illustrator by 500%, some of the smaller brush strokes that disappeared earlier suddenly appear successfully after importing to Flash. Not all of them. Enlarging the artwork even further adds a few more brush strokes but some of the tiny ones still drop out.
Can I e-mail you the file directly rather than posting it on the public forum?

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