Example sentences of "for a tough " in BNC.
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| 1 | FARMERS voted yesterday for a tough licensing system to curb straw burning , after complaints about smoke pollution at the end of this year 's harvest . |
| 2 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A Land Rover spokesman said : ‘ Our vehicles are not designed to tumble down mountains but they are built for a tough life . ’ |
| 5 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 6 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 7 | BUCKINGHAM Palace was last night poised for a tough legal battle to ban a tell-all book on the royals . |
| 8 | UNLUCKY 13th minute for Millwall 's Malcolm Allen — sent-off for a tough tackle in the game against his former club Watford . |
| 9 | ‘ It looks as though we 're in for a tough time ! ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 12 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But he was a most willing worker , and although she knew she was in for a tough day without him she offered her sympathy , and advised , ‘ Take an Alka-Seltzer and go back to bed . |
| 15 | Conservatives in the region are calling for a tough new privacy law to prevent the hounding of the Royal Family in the Press . |
| 16 | so just one Central South team in the cup now … and that 's Gloucester who come into the third round … for a tough old game on Tyneside … that 's in three weeks time |
| 17 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |
| 18 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 19 | In the south , Kyles Athletic reshuffle their side for a tough away game against Glenorchy in Division I of the Marine Harvest League . |
| 20 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |