Example sentences of "[prep] the toughest " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been hard for the toughest , most stable and secure character to stand up to being dream symbol to the world . |
| 2 | MIDDLESBROUGH defender Derek Whyte thanks his lucky stars that the English Premier League has licked him into shape for the toughest 90 minutes of his football life . |
| 3 | Except for the toughest types , such as yew and holly , protect newly-planted evergreens by stretching clear polythene around four stakes to act as a windbreak . |
| 4 | The SEALs were described to this reviewer by a former USSF officer as the toughest special forces in Vietnam , and this does not mean that they were braggarts . |
| 5 | Billed as the toughest yacht race ever , the British Steel Challenge pitted ten identical boats against each other and sent them off the ‘ wrong way ’ round the world , battling against prevailing winds . |
| 6 | Now Fergie junior , one of the few real success in United 's so-far disastrous Premier League start , has come through the toughest test any youngster can undergo — pleasing his father . |
| 7 | A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye . |
| 8 | Over four stages , through the toughest conditions , the race was still wide open in April , at the start of the final leg , from Cape Town to Southampton . |
| 9 | We put five brands of cracker through the toughest test of alla children 's party at the Abercromby Day Nursery in Toxteth . |
| 10 | TESSA Sanderson edged into tonight 's women 's javelin final after the toughest fight of her life . |
| 11 | While Senna 's steady but swift progress made his 20th Grand Prix victory look easy , the reigning world champion says this race has been one of the toughest . |
| 12 | He will be fortunate to receive a similar service this evening against some of the toughest and most knowledgeable defenders in Europe . |
| 13 | It shows the great champion in the throes of the toughest bout of his life , depicting his struggle with grace and poignance . |
| 14 | The four-year-old Pebbles who travelled to New York was already one of the toughest and most popular fillies of recent years . |
| 15 | One of Britain 's top jump jockeys , he had ridden the winners of over 350 races in his career and was recognized as one of the toughest of a tough breed . |
| 16 | The most important preparation , however , will be to find the silky smooth putting touch which is essential to conquer some of the toughest greens in the world . |
| 17 | Notably , he ran up against director Henry Hathaway who was known as one of the toughest directors in the business , and Hopper had a minor role in From Hell to Texas . |
| 18 | He had a shot out of sand of about 35 to 40 yards into the wind which is probably one of the toughest shots in golf . |
| 19 | Raised in some of the toughest and most deprived areas of Glasgow , he was a gifted schoolboy footballer with a precocious ability to use poverty to his advantage . |
| 20 | Montague has built a company valued at close on £500 million , stacked up a personal fortune of more than £18 million , and left some of the toughest deal-makers in the transport business looking on open-mouthed . |
| 21 | And however much she loves her mother , the daughter who has undertaken to care for her in her old age is , in some instances , taking on one of the toughest and loneliest jobs on earth . |
| 22 | BBC Network Television director Will Wyatt said : ‘ Jonathan has done one of the toughest jobs in television for longer than almost all of his predecessors . ’ |
| 23 | It makes the coming three months in India and Sri Lanka one of the toughest challenges of my career . |
| 24 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 25 | It was to be the first in a long line of pay battles that would give her a reputation for being one of the toughest negotiators in the business . |
| 26 | The two former East Germans were the butt of jokes when they entered the tiny 594cc car in one of the toughest tests for both man and machine . |
| 27 | Empty words , retorts Colchester Borough Council leader Steve Cawley , particularly in the wake of the toughest public spending round most authorities can remember . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's trapped … and facing one of the toughest weeks of his life ’ |
| 29 | Major , meanwhile , faces one of the toughest weeks of his life before his party conference in Brighton next week . |
| 30 | But in turning around Eldorado 's fortunes , she knows she faces one of the toughest challenges of her 30-year career . |