Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] a tough [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these two products firmly established as the market leaders other products are having a tough time breaking through . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Sheffield Wednesday player-boss was handed a tough UEFA Cup second round draw with former German champions Kaiserslautern . |
| 7 | The problem seems to be that many women are having a tough time making their mark higher up the career ladder . |
| 8 | Paul was having a tough time himself supervising the contouring of the land around the three-tier pool Stephen had eventually commissioned . |
| 9 | 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 . |