Example sentences of "to [art] rough and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had checked similar seats that had been subjected to the rough and tumble of Metropolitan Police life , and ones that had supported over 70,000 miles , and they were all right as rain . |
| 2 | And that , I reflected on the final leg , enveloped in air-conditioned heat and six-speaker stereo sound , is why the Discovery is so uniquely suited , not only to the rough and tumble of off-road riding , but also to the equal rigours of life in Knightsbridge and Notting Hill Gate . |
| 3 | But indirectly the growing public awareness of science and its potential shaped the professionals ' world by exposing it to the rough and tumble of political life . |
| 4 | For some children , this clinginess is just a phase , which will disappear when she gets more used to the rough and tumble of the other children . |
| 5 | I was happy in my Office ; it was exacting but I could carry it easily in the House of Lords ; and I had no wish to re-submit myself to the rough and tumble of electioneering and the House of Commons … |
| 6 | Many of them go through the freedom of Grendon , only to be returned to the rough and tumble of ordinary jails to finish their sentences . |