Example sentences of "had [art] tough " in BNC.

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1 It also had a tougher , pro-Trident stance on defence .
2 The Liberal Democrats had a tougher view on controlling inflation than Labour , he said , including their commitment to an independent central bank .
3 Then another line developed from the main line of succession of bony-jawed ray-fin fish , which had a tougher fin structure useful for sifting through seabed mud .
4 Against that Wallis women 's wear and Horne had a tough half-year while Selfridges , helped by a return of tourism , held up .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Sampras , who registered a 2–6 , 7–5 , 6–3 defeat of Martin Jaite , the Argentine clay court specialist , in the second round of the Nice Open , said ; ‘ I had a tough European trip last year .
7 The man had a tough upbringing and , she believes , had almost certainly been abused himself .
8 That was another thing discovered : carp seemingly preferred baits that had a tough , leathery skin , which is achieved by rolling the HNV paste into bait-sized balls and boiling them for up to two minutes .
9 Bere Forest also had a tough match against Meridian B and , once again , they found themselves a goal down at half time but they took a 2–1 lead in the second half before Meridian B equalized to take the game into extra time .
10 Unfortunately , there is no word for hinge in Sesotho and Father George had a tough time trying to translate .
11 Ahead of her she knew she had a tough day hosting a TV show about cancer , the disease which first struck Mae-Britt 22 years ago .
12 Good for them : the New FADS always had a tough , idiosyncratic streak , and nowadays it 's holding them in chompingly good stead for the guitar-slashing likes of ‘ It 's Not What You Know ’ .
13 The other dealers then had a tough time explaining his absence to his erstwhile clients , but one or two told the truth .
14 A lot of the stone went to build houses for the local peasants , who apparently had a tough time .
15 We knew we had a tough target to go for .
16 There was one by the newsstand sometimes , scraping at a violin , but he had a tough time competing with the unofficial buskers who had loud guitars and stronger voices .
17 He had a tough tanned face and clear eyes .
18 Although the sliver business had a tough year , their market position was strengthened by the acquisition of Fur-Textiles Nederland BV , their Dutch based distributor of sliver products .
19 My mother had a tough time trying to make ends meet .
20 Abuelo had a tough time , they say . ’
21 ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’
22 But in many ways , the company had a tough act to follow .
23 Business publishing had a tough year , with further declines in advertising at the Morgan-Grampian subsidiary in the UK and conditions in the US ‘ generally difficult ’ .
24 My wife 's father er he said to me , cos he was , he worked hard you know , he had a tough life you know up in London and all that as , as a kid and that and he said to me what you want to do , enjoy everyday that you live , I said yeah , oh I said oh but you ca n't can you ? , he said yes you can .
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