Example sentences of "[art] tough time [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What would you say is the toughest time after finishing drama school ?
2 In the final , expecting a tougher time against Norfolk , they ran out 7–0 winners with Old Loughts ' Ian Barker and Krishnan both notching hat-tricks and Chelmsford 's Phil Benton adding the other .
3 Among the hardest hit has been Aerospace , which faces a tough time over the next two to three years .
4 Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave .
5 Compaq figures NT will have a tough time on the server , so its server policy will either be in NetWare or SCO , sticking with the latter at least in the short term .
6 ‘ I 'm sorry sir , I 've had a tough time with this .
7 He had been at large in occupied France and had quite a tough time of it , but at least he survived and came back to Baldersdale .
8 If we four were representatives of our platoon , it was understandable that the staff were having a tough time of it , pretending that we were all the same — physically , socially and morally .
9 Whilst this is an excellent weekend for lighthearted gatherings and sociable soirees it 's a tough time for taking orders or giving way to the superior power or authority of others .
10 I think we 'll have a tough time for two or three years , but we 'll stick with it because it 's a good business and it 's our kind of business .
11 Troops face a tough time from bandits and war lords .
12 The Agriculture Minister , Mr John Gummer , and the Scottish Secretary , Mr Malcolm Rifkind , celebrated the small gains they had been able to negotiate , but admitted that the industry in Britain faced a tough time in the coming year .
13 ‘ We had a tough time in those days , ’ recalled Mrs Jones , ‘ the post war years were no party for anyone , and we were no exception .
14 Too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 .
15 Siemens AG has been having such a tough time in the former Soviet Union with its nuclear safety and telecommunications projects that it has been cutting back and recalling expatriates early ( CI No 2,043 ) , but Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG does have some work .
16 It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern : too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 ; the updated logo features ‘ a more contemporary typeface and slight modifications to the spacing of the design 's blocks ’ , and the white letters now appear on a burgundy background instead of the traditional blue — and we hope the company gets some very tough questioning at the annual meeting over the cost .
17 Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win …
18 Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail .
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