Example sentences of "[v-ing] a tough [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more up-to-date but similar sentiment advocating a tough approach : |
| 2 | Bruno knows he 's facing a tough opponant . |
| 3 | Getting a tough budget through the commons wo n't be easy . |
| 4 | The problem seems to be that many women are having a tough time making their mark higher up the career ladder . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Though the money is being spent , local vendors are having a tough time coping with the increasingly erratic nature of demand and worsening financial instability . |
| 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 | Paul was having a tough time himself supervising the contouring of the land around the three-tier pool Stephen had eventually commissioned . |
| 10 | With these two products firmly established as the market leaders other products are having a tough time breaking through . |
| 11 | The story focusses on Mario and Pedro , two kids who are having a tough time scraping together enough money to live on . |
| 12 | The story focusses on Mario and Pedro , two kids who are having a tough time scraping together enough money to live on . |
| 13 | ‘ Farming in general was having a tough time , the prices of most traditional agricultural commodities were declining in real terms , farms were having to become much larger to remain economically viable and most commentators felt things were not going to get much better in the short term indeed most said they were going to get worse . ’ |
| 14 | I am having a tough time . ’ |
| 15 | Whereas the United States was in favour of taking a tough line , Britain argued that economic aid should not be stopped . |
| 16 | Jim Thomas , chief Ford negotiator for the MSF , said he was ‘ bemused ’ that Ford was taking a tough line after achieving most of the 2,200 job losses wanted . |
| 17 | In the locker room the steel grilles are pasted with letters that say , Thanks for your kindness for making a tough time much easier to bear , and , If it was n't for all of you there at the hospital I do n't know how we would have survived . |
| 18 | Playing a tough game tomorrow . |
| 19 | States that are exploring a tough policy which borders upon coercion like Kenya will either find that open political protest will challenge the power of the state , or that like family planning in India , an onslaught upon the least economically and politically powerful is only temporarily feasible . |