| So for those of you who thought you could learn how to sing this good, tough luck. |
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| So far, most American media outlets seem to be walking on eggshells to avoid tough coverage of the new pope. |
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| She is seen as a tough questioner unlikely to be caught up in trivialities. |
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| Well tough luck, sucker, for Washington's relief package does nothing for you. |
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| Grass is a very tough and abrasive material, and herbivores like horses evolved very high-crowned teeth to cope with the wear. |
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| But this is their opportunity to appear tough on racial sensitivity and they're going to throw the book at us. |
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| I don't, for a moment, pretend that times are not tough and may well get tougher. |
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| Before we waltz all starry eyed into a hydrogen economy, we need to answer some very tough questions. |
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| Perfect wedding music, though at a pace that'll be a bit tough for waltzers at a country wedding. |
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| Although Crook had a tough time in his teens, he insists it did not traumatise him. |
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| The company does not expect a hefty compensation bill as other insurers have also experienced tough times. |
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| I started very young and I've had wonderful experiences as well as some tough times. |
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| Her task is to bring together directors to share their knowledge and experiences, when times are tough as well as good. |
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| But when the economy turned down and times got tough they raised interest charges to penal levels. |
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| If anything completing tertiary education should be the beginning of the tough times ahead. |
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| It is a great chance for us to give them a bit back from some of the tough times we have experienced on the road. |
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| Blige, who grew up in the projects, has never had it easy, and the tough times remain embedded in her lyrics. |
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| There will be tough competition for places with players battling for a regular first team shirt. |
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| To be honest, though, we have done our job in getting top of the group and whoever we play is going to be a tough game in the quarter-finals. |
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| The most resistant rocks are quartzite and quartz-rich sandstones, and tough fine-grained rocks such as slate. |
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| Essex Rivers NHS Trust is also struggling to hit tough target treatment times in accident and emergency. |
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| My veal topped with parma ham was a touch on the tough side and accompanied by a white-wine sauce that wasn't thick enough. |
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| The Queensland Heeler is a tough herding dog known for his endurance, intelligence, and independence. |
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| The actor who went through a tough period earlier is now considered as the trump card for success in the industry. |
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| They're very tough and soaked in paraffin, like English Barbour coats, so they're very water-repellent and won't snag on thorns. |
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| For all his mild and gentlemanlike manner he was also tough and uncompromising, a Jesuitical loner in a companionable game. |
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| It will be a tough job but I've never been a quitter in my playing career and I certainly won't be a quitter it in my coaching career. |
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| As for weaselling out of tough situations, stupidity covers well for brazenness. |
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| Genuine patriotism is a tough commodity to come by in these more jaded, jingoistic times. |
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| The Commonwealth Games baton has been passed on to Melbourne, but organisers of the 2006 event admit they have a tough act to follow. |
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| It's a tough act to follow and it's got rave reviews so it's slightly different. |
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| Jackson was a tough act to follow, but the two teams provided viewers with a spellbinding second half. |
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| She will be a tough act to follow and rival fashion executives are speculating that she is leaving while the going is still good. |
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| Mackay, who successfully oversaw a radical restructuring of the group, will be a tough act to follow. |
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| It's a dizzying height that I'm not really used to, and it is a tough act to follow. |
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| My tough little four-wheel-drive is just the job for Scotland's roads in the 21st century, crashing through the potholes with gay abandon. |
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| Irish flat racing jockeys are finding it increasingly tough to make the weight. |
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| He's diminutive enough to jockey a horse, but he's tough enough to wear down a defense. |
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| She said Lola would be a tough part to cast as there are many good actresses in the drama club. |
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| Social Security reform has been a tough slog for the business lobby, normally more at home discussing golf outings than actuarial tables. |
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| And she knows just how tough it will be not being able to join in the jolly banter on a busy evening. |
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| Satisfying your superhero jones can be tough when you're a comix snob like me. |
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| He and the team did however promise a tough welcome to each and every side visiting Cross Green next season. |
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| This should be a very tough contest as both teams have performed well during the year. |
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| You need to be tough to win this race and many well touted thoroughbreds have been found out by the mile and a half. |
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| If they were nervous, it was pretty tough to tell, they had such a friendly, jovial way about them. |
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| These games can be hard on initial playthroughs but they're so well-designed that it's really tough to rage-quit at them. |
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| Although Gavilan was a brilliant welterweight, he found the extra strength of the Hawaiian too tough a hurdle. |
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| Local authorities must get tough and seek judicial reviews where they think that health authorities have given their taxpayers a raw deal. |
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| The local garrison holed up in St Mary's Church and put up some tough opposition before falling to the superior Royalist forces. |
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| Last July he promised to get tough on British prices if they were seen as uncompetitive. |
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| Heavy swells and strong westerly winds made for tough rowing conditions and the organisers were taking no chances with the safety of competitors. |
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| It's very difficult to play against a tough or tricky player in the big blind who could be playing a very wide variety of cards. |
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| The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away. |
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| It's tough reading through rambling speeches, but he has some worthy food for thought. |
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| Rawdon's surge in form means second-bottom Menston are now five points adrift of safety and tomorrow face a tough trip to Guiseley. |
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| Course architecture is definitely a tough business to worm into if you're female, but I've gotten a chance. |
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| As they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going and the entire group was off the trail at Shramore eight hours after starting out. |
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| But when the going gets tough, the tough get going and in the final ten minutes they rapped over three points to earn victory. |
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| We went through a difficult time, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going. |
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| As the sun went down and a happy bunch went home, many were still in with a chance, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going. |
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| Not only is he in the position where he has to make tough decisions, he doesn't cop out of them. |
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| At home, it is true that he has usually been a risk-averse leader who would rather finesse a tough choice than make it. |
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| Taller than most, with short cropped hair and a rat's tail, Daniel always managed to look softer than the tough appearance he tried to put on. |
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| Just a raw-boned, tough player who has scored 50 goals twice and gone over 200 minutes in penalties three times. |
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| Most often used in fritters due to its tough nature, the West Coast razor clam is chewy at best. |
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| Conditions remain tough in the white sands resort in the aftermath of the hurricane. |
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| He is half the size of some of the others but he is so tough and such a good jumper that he keeps winning. |
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| A tough competitor, with a soft stroke for deep, Williams played only two games in Boston, but looked solid. |
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| Getting tough with the community, being proactive and not always reactive, with proper controls will also help. |
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| That's a very European idea, which needs to fight against a tough tide of facts for survival. |
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| We're going to look at some of the tough challenges ahead for whoever wins the White House. |
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| Each hair is made of tough and stretchable protein called keratin, manufactured by the hair follicle. |
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| We used to have a couple of widgies in our school. They were real tough characters. |
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| I hammered it when it opened because the Wiener schnitzel was a bit tough and I wasn't crazy about the wine glasses. |
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| They've come out of a tough division and all the players knew they were going to get a hard game today. |
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| If you try in any way you can to kick their legs out from under them in the name of tough love, well, you reap what you sow. |
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| The Indians came through the tough Olympic qualifying competitions before making the grade. |
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| Still, dashing around the circular keypad is tough and does not make for lengthy e-mails. |
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| The wanna-be tough guys instantly wimped, apologized to Kirstie, and split. |
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| Her new electorate would have been a tough battle for a National member, but it was potentially winnable. |
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| Blackburn's Frame Pump comes in three lengths, from 16.5 to 22 inches, and is made with a tough aluminum body and rebuildable internals. |
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| When Kelly figured out her parents were helping her kid brother through an ordeal, she realized they'd do the same for her in tough times. |
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| The whole process was further slowed by the fact that if you wanted to deliver something airside, it had to go through tough security checks. |
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| The game's dominant wingers play the right side, and a right-catching goaltender can be a tough puzzle for shooters to solve. |
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| Under his tough tutelage, moreover, I learnt a good deal about how to handle the world. |
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| Known for its bare looks, tough build and raw power, it took a strong man to handle the vehicle even on smooth tarmac. |
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| While more female physicians are turning up, most are either too mannishly tough or too womanishly sweet. |
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| Despite his odd profession, and his generally humane views, he is as tough and as passionate as Caesar, and a redoubtable adversary to him. |
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| Experienced political campaigners know better than to argue with a tough minded person like yourself. |
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| Try as I might to hide my emotions, it was tough not to be aghast at the scratching so close to my work surface. |
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| No one wants to see their child undergo an operation and Louise has already had a tough time coming into the world. |
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| It'll be tough to wrap your fingers all the way around the bar, but that's the point. |
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| It was a tough week for investors and we'll have a complete wrap-up of the market with Christine Romans. |
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| It would be a sin to wreak vengeance on the innocent, but it would be a temptation very tough to control. |
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| Despite some tough reforms, no one is able to guess at the cost of widespread military corruption and incompetence. |
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| It's an extremely odd little movie, all in all, and it's a little tough to understand the high expectations. |
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| Given that folks like him are prolific as all get out, it's tough to know where to start. |
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| I was your regular average sized girl, but I was tough and I wouldn't back down easily. |
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| The regulator has warned the industry that it will take tough action against any operator in breach of the regulation. |
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| The brewery intends to turn round the fortunes of the English pint, which is facing tough opposition from chilled lagers and Irish ales. |
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| If you are facing a difficult tee shot on a long or tough par 3, consider pulling out your most comfortable club and laying up. |
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| Politicians have a penchant for going round the houses when answering tough questions. |
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| The tough policy is symptomatic of a new war on Jamaican Yardies that is being waged by police, as revealed by the Yorkshire Post last Saturday. |
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| Then use that as the yardstick to measure the entire piece and make the tough cuts that may need to be made. |
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| Other birds facing tough times in Bradford include the house sparrow, the golden plover, the yellowhammer and the redshank. |
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| Orchard and his growing cadre of workers have been beavering away at the tough but always rewarding slog of organization ever since. |
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| A writer or publisher could take a tough stance on copyright, requiring all uses of the work to involve permission and fees. |
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| We need to prove to the moderates, independents and western libertarians that we are tough enough. |
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| Parents are now faced with a tough decision on the school to which their youngsters will move. |
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| It has been a tough couple of years amid the high exchange rate and tightened student visa checks. |
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| She is late and I am edgy, expecting a group of tough females in hoods and trainers. |
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| Neat salicylic acid is too tough on stomachs, so scientists had to find a way to buffer it. |
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| Pedestrians have a tough time crossing the road with vehicles speeding over the zebra crossing at the Police Thimmaiah Circle in Bangalore. |
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| The huge boulders, weed and the zebra mussels with their razor-sharp shells made things tough going at times. |
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| She was reportedly a tough character, bitterly acerbic and tragically alcoholic. |
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| Others in the oil industry have said that oil companies often take a tough stance when trying to repossess their filling stations from licensees. |
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| There's no shortage of government officials who think they're being laudably tough while they smother human empathy. |
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| It is at the roadside vendor's that they energetically launch themselves into some tough wrangling. |
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| We are tough on lawbreakers, and driving while disqualified is lawbreaking. |
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| She was a tough Aussie laywoman who persevered in faith over the persecution of her hostile bishop. |
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| Something like jam doughnuts, they have a tough envelope of cartilage containing a resilient, jelly like substance. |
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| Copal is a general term for very hard, insoluble resins, where the polymer is usually cross-linked to form a tough matrix. |
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| While all agree he is tough and prone to losing his temper, there is almost universal respect for his abilities as a soldier. |
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| The fishing was certainly tough but several lucky anglers did connect with good fish. |
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| If you think you're tough enough to stomach what we've got to do, or you're good at shooting a gun, then your presence is welcome. |
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| Their work-worn hands and leathered faces illustrate just how tough their job is. |
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| For all his kindness, Ben was also legendarily a tough guy, and only a tough guy could have made his choices. |
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| Remove any tough outer leaves from the lemongrass then slice the tender insides into wafer thin rings. |
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| Acids can cause hydrolysis without heating, as when tough meat is marinated in wine or lemon juice. |
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| After a tough few lengths in the swimming pool, it's always refreshing to know you can head for a sauna so hot it leaves you gasping. |
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| It will be a tough game, but one that we need to win if we are to start climbing the table. |
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| We also see these characters binding together in a tough time, letting bygones be bygones when all is said and done. |
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| The Bills' lethal vertical passing game will be tough to stop the rest of the season. |
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| Gooden is a tough cookie who can score, and Giricek is a lethal shooter who is underrated at being aggressive. |
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| If politicians really want to stop terror then let's leave out the macho tough talk and get down to business. |
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| I am cured of my bout of tonsillitis and i am now fighting fit, but none the less it has been a tough few days. |
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| It's a tough thing to try to do, seeing as any indie film is going to feature cool stars, cool music and a cool aesthetic. |
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| A practical move that gave us a pretty female name with a romantic touch to balance the tough masculine environment. |
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| Unlike most French teams, they were mentally tough away from home and he has grafted that mentality on to the national side. |
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| The going was tough with tangled lianas and stubborn brambles clutching at my clothes. |
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| We're going to show you just how tough it is to be a Rhode Islander right now. |
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| Hollywood and other industries use the law as a weapon to demand tough anti-piracy protections. |
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| The target plates and the horizontal protective baffle seen at the front of the frame are tough and can really take a licking. |
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| He was a tough Scotsman and had been sentenced to life for the murder of a man in a drunken brawl. |
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| Trying to avoid drunkenness is pretty tough in this culture, and it doesn't exactly make you the life of the party. |
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| On the high plains of the West, tough men still ride herd on the open range. |
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| It was a rough ride, a tough time for all the contestants but we were having a ball on the boat and I wanted to finish off what I started. |
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| You always hear the stories of people that say, I'm macho and tough enough, I'm going to ride this thing out. |
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| It's tough luck if it turns out he's descended from people on the first four ships. |
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| It was rigorous but after a hard day's work, and knowing that I would know how to defend myself in a tough situation, it seemed all worth it. |
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| Think of perfectly ripened pineapple chunks, minus the labor of carving away the tough rind. |
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| When 35,000 public servants go barking mad on game nights, it's a tough assignment for visiting teams. |
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| This Government has been prepared to take a tough line on crime and sentencing. |
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| The story sparked public support for the families and opposition against tough application of the rules. |
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| The largest of these is the coconut or robber crab, which has even managed to evolve a skin tough enough to discard the need for a shell. |
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| Through selective breeding the Bedouins developed an Arab horse which was tough and yet beautiful. |
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| They are tough on crime and criminals but what they can't contemplate are the causes. |
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| I know Rob has been going through a tough time lately, but his blog has become vile and nasty. |
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| Well, scientists have created a smell that is so vile that it can make even the tough guys gag. |
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| He was loath to be tough on debtors and my mother had to work hard in the shop to compensate for his kind-heartedness. |
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| These people have a tough time adapting their sleeping and eating schedules to the local time. |
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| It's been tough for Dav, tough for the board and tough for everyone around. |
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| Love means sticking around through the tough times and not baling out because of a little trouble. |
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| You have a tough row to hoe and still need to be a source of stability for your son. |
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| It didn't take me very long to realize that making even a modest living as an artist was a tough row to hoe! |
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| When my older brother went off to college and had to manage without her cooking, it was a tough row to hoe for him. |
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| I would love to have a squad of tough cops who would go around and roust people who don't answer invitations and write thank-you notes. |
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| It will be a tough bread and water diet supplemented by soul searching and large slices of humble pie topped by healthy sprinklings of modesty. |
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| It was tough work, for the rope constantly rubbed against his skin around his moving hand. |
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| She was a tough looker and she had enough berth to get through the crowds easily. |
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| The premier should get tough and refuse to be merely the rubber stamp for the president. |
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| Within a few hours even the toughest of the tough ruffians would break down and start confessing. |
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| Playing rugby league when the weather's as nice as it has been can be a tough prospect if you're not prepared for it. |
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| Dione is especially fond of the tough but gorgeous rugosa roses, such as Blanc Double de Coubert and Hansa, as well as Rosa glauca. |
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| Both my parents lost relatives very dear to them, and the wider circle of relations has suffered some tough times too. |
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| I know it can be tough to lock up your beloved pet when they always have the run of the house. |
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| Police have vowed to get tough to stop louts flouting a street-drinking ban. |
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| Greater Manchester is getting tough on drunken louts as part of a national crackdown on alcohol-related crime. |
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| On the whole they are not afraid to have the tough conversations that men shy from. |
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| Like a lot of runts, I didn't think he'd live, but he's tough and has held his own. |
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| The tough rind, pale russet in colour, is very bitter, as is the covering of the three seeds. |
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| It looked very tough at first glance but when I worked out what they were looking for, I settled down. |
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| He'd had Finnegan in his class since the very beginning, and from day one, he knew she was going to be a tough one. |
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| Great if you can swim in the deep end, tough luck if you can't go out of your depth like myself. |
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| And he came up with a new line which was basically, tough luck, that's how business is done in Washington. |
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| The column has merely reflected the views of ninety nine per cent of the local community and if that sours one or two people then tough luck. |
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| That is the right message on Iraq, and if undecided voters find it too bold and unmodulated, tough luck. |
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| So all you ladies jumping on the bandwagon after this movie, tough luck, but I've got first dibs! |
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| But on the big screen, this bullish Brit transformed into the quintessential Cockney accented tough guy with a big heart. |
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| It was then a case of when the going gets tough, the tough get going as Crawford clashed with the former West of Ireland champion and current senior international. |
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| After a bunch of tough talk, this round of the hacker-on-hacker fight nevered materialized. |
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| His family ran a butcher shop in a part of town so tough that their specialty was broken leg of lamb. |
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| A private eye is expected to be whip-smart and tough as nails. |
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| The team use their expertise and contacts to lever funds from venture capitalists and business angels, though this continues to be a tough end of the funding spectrum. |
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| The abalone shell is twice as tough as our high-tech ceramics. |
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| Dixons is likely to echo the tough retail environment for brown and white goods and also for electronic items such as personal computers and mobile phones. |
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| The team is pushing flat out to stay on top against tough opposition. |
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| The British electorate, as some of us feared, has flinched from making tough choices. |
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| I'm beginning to get the feeling that if we had control freak parents we have a tough row to hoe when relating to others and particularly our own children. |
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| And so we heard a lot of tough talk from Treasury about how next time, there wasn't going to be any bailout. |
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| Throughout the show, Catherine cries freely, unlike the other tough broads of crime. |
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| They provide fuel for the central nervous system, which helps with mental energy for long and tough workouts. |
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| Although tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard. |
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| Within a few minutes he had lost his rhythm as the mare suddenly stopped short and he started bouncing uncomfortably on the tough leather of the saddle. |
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| For dessert the apple pie a la mode with ice-cream proved a firm favourite with my companion after fending off tough competition from the fresh fruit pavlova. |
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| Media stocks were some of the heaviest fallers after publisher Pearson frayed nerves as it warned there was little sign of a let-up in the tough advertising conditions. |
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| Behind the scenes, two tough female cable-network heads are counting on their star proxies to deliver every eyeball they can. |
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| Magazines were going through a tough time in the face of a digital onslaught, but Vogue was faring better than others. |
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| A big tough looker stood up on top of the car behind John and me. |
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| He was a tough opponent and he caught me with a few big lefts. |
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| This tough plant will grow in exposed or sheltered aspects and in acid, alkaline or neutral soil of chalk, clay, sand or loam as long as it doesn't get waterlogged. |
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| Say you're looking for a starting pitcher who's tough on lefties. |
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| They are hard anodized to resist wear, and in place of a primer is an extremely tough material that cushions the firing pin and is said to be good for 3,000 impacts. |
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| The legalism was too tough and the first empire that tried it, the Qin empire, which gave China its name lasted only two emperors, then got kicked out. |
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| But this is almost as much Bogart's film, and he was wonderful playing against type as a businessman instead of the rough and ready tough guys he was known for. |
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| Sometimes her attempt to handle tough situations on her own causes problems, as when she tries to imitate Julia's feminine wiles on a young male friend. |
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| As long as Western governments talk tough one minute and hold out the begging bowl the next, not much is likely to change. |
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| The boys looked tough in wide legged trousers and heavy coats. |
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| Dostum was a natural soldier and a good leader whose troops admired his charisma and tough military approach. |
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| He writes of his tough young team working long and wearying hours, racing to identify and solve problems, always soliciting opinions from engineers and everyone else involved. |
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| It was tough going out there but we won through with hard graft. |
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| The liver cells fulfill about 3,000 biochemical functions but they are massively reduced by tough connective tissue. |
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| This was a tough no holds barred encounter which threatened to spill over at several junctures such was the committed and no-nonsense approach adopted by both teams. |
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| Life can be tough in West Virginia, especially for the hardworking souls of coal country. |
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| In honor of the first Seder tonight, a re-link to a tough review by Leon Weiseltier of a new translation of the Passover Haggadah. |
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| Gaspard is responsible for gathering intelligence, making peace and doling out tough love. |
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| Always spare, often forceful, Ryan Adams alternates tough pop songs with tender, unsparing ballads. |
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| Well, two presidents and a former VP are a tough act to follow. |
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| Because they're self-employed, however, they have a tough time finding insurance. |
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| She may have already consumed a few small alcoholic beverages to toast her 21st birthday, but the following transcript is somewhat tough to comprehend. |
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| After such a tough campaign, they're gloating over their victory in the election. |
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| This tough plant withstands full sun and wind in soggy conditions. |
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| The plant is tough to stamp out because it develops a system of roots and rhizomes, horizontal underground stems that descend as far as six feet into the sand. |
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| The teams the Reivers have met in Wales are physically very hard, and the way he has handled himself against those tough Welsh props has really impressed us all. |
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| Want further evidence that baseball is getting tough on 'roids? |
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| Many of you will have seen some permutation of the mass e-mail joke bouncing around where the narrator is a news photographer, on assignment, having to make a tough call. |
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| Republicans, for the most part, treated Krass gently, deferring to their Democratic colleagues to ask the tough questions. |
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| By pouncing on the moderator, Team Romney is deflecting attention from a tough night for its man. |
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| In early 1943 two American professors discovered that a very tough material could be produced by adding a small amount of wood pulp to water before freezing. |
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| Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port. |
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| The Government must do more to protect the public from poorly managed landfills and set tough targets to reduce the amount of hazardous waste that is landfilled. |
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| Given that many voters wouldn't have known his face until last week, he may have a tough time selling himself as Premier in time for the state election next year. |
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| Christie, an archetypal tough guy happy warrior, at first dismissed accusations that the traffic jam was politically motivated. |
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| As I said earlier, you have a tough act to follow, but you're highly qualified, and I'm sure you will represent your country well here in the United States. |
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| Why, in an otherwise tough interview, he didn't ask Netanyahu to expound the distinction is beyond me. |
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| He gave a huge investment of his time and was a tough act to follow. |
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| David Cay Johnston lists a dozen possible solutions, from building seawalls to getting tough on att. |
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| Like most Yiddish expressions, bashert is a tough word to translate. |
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| He was smart and tough in the way of the hard worker, the long-distance runner, the gambler who wins on stamina. |
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| As tough as Rich was, he always did it with a smile, enjoyed the game, and respected his adversaries. |
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| The company, which employed 300 staff, ran into financial trouble following tough competition from larger national retailers and supermarkets selling low-price clothing. |
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| Martina had been stereotyped as the tough one, sporty, strong and loud. |
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| Like a muffaletta, the bread must be chewy enough to stay tough when wrapped around oily foods. |
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| The tough African-French girls living in the projects in girlhood have been abused and pushed out of the system. |
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| Sunflowers, beautiful as they are on a summer day, are valuable as a source of both oil and meal, and sunflowers are also powerfully allelopathic against many tough weeds. |
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| First Buses, which runs children to and from Prince Henry's Grammar School, says the school's tough discipline policy makes life easier for its drivers. |
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| During his 30-plus years in the Senate, Arlen Specter earned a reputation as a tough guy. |
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| I'm not arguing for a replay of the 70s, but it's pretty tough to make a case for similarities to the early 80s when the last great secular bull began. |
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| He was a tough ole cowboy who would give you the shirt off his back. |
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| In a nutshell, the FTC was physical tough on Google but digitally soft on the search giant. |
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| Winstead admits she was a tough boss, maybe too tough, inexperienced in delegating and fiercely protective of her vision. |
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| The Mariners are facing Tim Hudson tonight, not only one of the league's top right-handers but a pitcher who has been particularly tough on Ichiro. |
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| We look at the x factor making it tough to predict the race. |
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| Shakor, the Taliban commander, admitted those paramilitaries would be tough to dislodge. |
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| I had thought it would be tough to get Oliona to talk, that she would be shy about her life. |
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| Vintage apache depicted a tough guy throwing a woman around the stage. |
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| By the time I got to my confirmation hearing, all of the tough questions had been asked, and the senators were relatively gentle and friendly and very accommodating. |
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| But over the next two months, watch them avoid making tough debt choices to avert another shutdown, says Peter Beinart. |
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| To playback sounds of galloping, roaring and trumpeting, the horses, lions and jumbos enthralled the parents who had a tough time to spot their tots in the masked group. |
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| Placing the product in a niche can be a tough choice, especially if the board wants the entire market, however it can limit wastage of productive resources. |
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| A rare silver arctic fox, a tough breed used to treading the icy wastes of Alaska and Canada, has been given a new home and a warm welcome at Selby Animal Sanctuary. |
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| In fact, most government sponsored attempts to tackle tough problems are wastefully inefficient at best and killers of initiative and invention at worst. |
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| You know, we were at the morgue yesterday afternoon and that was a really tough thing to do as well because hundreds of bodies have been laid out, all of them unidentified. |
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| But he said he believes that both Wehby and conger would have a tough time knocking off incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley in November. |
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| There will be fierce competition among the top seeds over two tough days of rallying to decide the outcome of this most prestigious of motorsport events. |
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| Real estate can be a tough row to hoe for first-time homebuyers. |
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| He is tough to catch when he has the lead in the final round. |
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| Whether you find it too harsh on the PM or not tough enough, you have to give them points for creativity. |
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| It will be a tough task and will likely prompt yet more Russian aggression or subversion. |
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| But tough luck, we did, and now we have to belly up to the fallout. |
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| Productivity gains would have to become a vital cog in the wheel if firms are to stay competitive and continue to survive in an increasingly tough trading environment. |
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| The articular cartilage that lines joints is tough and resilient. |
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| Many of them, more adventurously, are going out into the field where they'll face the intense cold and the relentless winds that make Antarctica a tough place to do science. |
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| Britain's growing ranks of pensioners, present and future, are facing a tough time unless action is taken to tackle a huge shortfall in the nation's pension pot. |
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| She lets Chomsky answer these tough questions in his own words. |
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| With a kid, there are always so many little GI Joe army boots and stray Lego pieces and art projects lying around, it's a tough row to hoe to keep things tidy. |
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| The fibular origin of the flexor digitorum longus muscle was resilient, with its tough aponeurotic fibers requiring incision to access the tibialis posterior muscle. |
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| These features allow cattle to thrive on grasses and other tough vegetation. |
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| Cassava roots become tough with age and restrict the movement of the juveniles and the egg release. |
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| It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the Recent Changes page. |
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| The House of Lords Bill was expected to face a tough fight in the House of Lords. |
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| Finally, the gut is surrounded by the tough connective tissue of the serosa and peritoneum. |
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| The Championship trophy duly returned to Headingley for the second time after a tough final against Castleford at Odsal Stadium. |
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| The band performed on the BBC's Look of the Week, where Waters and Barrett, erudite and engaging, faced tough questioning from Hans Keller. |
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| The crew tested how the long, narrow, flexible hull withstood the tough ocean waves. |
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| After tough negotiations, a referendum was held on 8 March 2003, which resulted in a favourable vote. |
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| The prison population in England and Wales has risen because politicians of both parties wanted to show they were tough on criminals. |
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| Michael Gove scaled back policies of being tough on prisoners but did not increase funding. |
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| It was a tough time in his life, but one which would go on to have a significant impact upon his later works. |
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