Example sentences of "expect a tough [noun] " in BNC.

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1 WHOEVER wins the qualifying game between Belfast 's Alan McMullan and the Provincial 's Ian McClure can expect a tough battle in the opening quarter-final of the Flogas Causeway Coast Masters in Ballymoney on October 9-10 .
2 WHOEVER wins the qualifying game between Belfast 's Alan McMullan and the Provincial 's Ian McClure can expect a tough battle in the opening quarter-final of the Flogas Causeway Coast Masters in Ballymoney on October 9–10 .
3 Prost said he expected a tough race but was satisfied with the performance of his car .
4 In the final , expecting a tougher time against Norfolk , they ran out 7–0 winners with Old Loughts ' Ian Barker and Krishnan both notching hat-tricks and Chelmsford 's Phil Benton adding the other .
5 He had perhaps been expecting a tougher comment and he hunched his shoulders , muttering suspiciously , ‘ I have n't got no religion . ’
6 Leading scorer Paul Wilkinson expects a tough match against his first professional club .
7 Caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby expects a tougher game against bottom-of-the-table Plymouth at Roker Park tonight than the clash with runaway Second Division leaders Ipswich Town .
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