Example sentences of "[verb] for a tough " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN MAJOR today headed for a tough showdown with his predecessor Baroness Thatcher after MPs gave him the go-ahead to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 2 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 3 | A Land Rover spokesman said : ‘ Our vehicles are not designed to tumble down mountains but they are built for a tough life . ’ |
| 4 | Conservatives in the region are calling for a tough new privacy law to prevent the hounding of the Royal Family in the Press . |
| 5 | The information about God and his will which the Christian receives through reading the Bible calls for a tough response that is anything but sentimental . |
| 6 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 7 | BUCKINGHAM Palace was last night poised for a tough legal battle to ban a tell-all book on the royals . |