Example sentences of "[art] tougher " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there are the tougher types : Edmund from King Lear , a romantic macho figure with a wide eye for fame and fortune . |
| 2 | Ministers say Mr Clarke 's decision not to drop the concessions on targets for performance-related pay , given in talks with the BMA , and return to the tougher limits for higher pay underlines his determination to seek peace . |
| 3 | The ‘ moderates ’ are a small minority , while into the category of ‘ extremists ’ falls that whole band of opinion ranging from the tougher section of the Labour Party , through the Likud , to the outright fanatics , nationalist and religious , of the far right . |
| 4 | The companies are watching carefully lest other lobbyists try to slip the tougher provisions back in . |
| 5 | There is an iron law of finance : the harder that financial folk campaign for something , the tougher the padlock you should put on your wallet . |
| 6 | While Dennis and Millie and the first four of their children , Jean , Carol , Suzette and Noel , had headed for the prosperous southern city of Melbourne , Dennis and Joan Riddiford decided to try their luck in the tougher climate of Cairns , in northern Queensland . |
| 7 | Ronan 's portrayal of a faintly mad Irish family is just barbed enough to stay on the tougher side of sentimental , his narrative of a friendship 's slow demise uncomfortably convincing . |
| 8 | At the same time , there was a Conservative faction which wanted to put the Prime Minister in closer , more demanding contact with the public to promote the tougher side of his popular appeal . |
| 9 | That so few boilers in the UK would have met the tougher standards would have provided an excellent opportunity for new , cost-reducing investment . |
| 10 | Born in Singapore thirty-one years ago , with a dash of French blood in his Asian veins , brought up on Hawaii , he did two years at the University of Hawaii , but concentrated on attending some of the tougher colleges of the North Shore before finally graduating from Pipeline and Sunset to take his PhD at Waimea in the early eighties . |
| 11 | Teamwork is vital for the tougher , more challenging activities which , whilst less frequent , are more crucial when they do occur . |
| 12 | Julie was a rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher , more daring local boys . |
| 13 | They probably had very effective digestive systems with detoxifying enzymes to cope with the tougher diets . |
| 14 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 15 | But for a while Mozart proved that life as a freelance was possible , and others after him — the tougher and more astute Beethoven , for example — took advantage of the possibilities opened up by Mozart 's mould-breaking career . |
| 16 | It is likely that Pak would have been more amenable to the Russians than Kim but Kim was the tougher of the two and had the opportunities , which he fully exploited . |
| 17 | It was evident that the skilled soldiers would naturally gravitate to the tougher units , like the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , giving the Legion a regiment full of highly-trained soldiers who had received their instruction at somebody else 's expense . |
| 18 | In this way Minton can be seen to have had an influence on the tougher and more abrasive realism that first emerged at the ‘ Young Contemporaries ’ exhibition at the RBA Galleries in January 1952 . |
| 19 | ONE OF FIVE children who father , a bookie , died young , Lenny McLean grew up in one of the tougher parts of London 's East End , left school at fifteen and , as a young man , started to make a few quid in the unlicensed boxing matches which were becoming increasingly popular at the time . |
| 20 | Viewed in this light hard look appears as a movement away from the earlier ‘ kid glove ’ approach of the American courts to the tougher standard which we have had in the United Kingdom for over 100 years . |
| 21 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
| 22 | This is in line with the tougher market conditions we are experiencing and like the hard hit retail sector , the contract and hospitality business ( in which Runcorn majors ) has also been squeezed . |
| 23 | Of immediate practical significance were a series of small American moves in the same month such as the tougher notes on the future of Bulgaria and Romania and the despatch of an American battleship with the body of the deceased Turkish ambassador to Istanbul . |
| 24 | The cult followers who came every night started getting a little disappointed — Ken was following the script which the tougher the regimen became more and more rigid . |
| 25 | The water companies have reacted critically to the tougher stance taken by the NRA . |
| 26 | Fewer than 30 of Britain 's 450 designated bathing beaches passed the tougher standard last summer . |
| 27 | But the tougher regime for overseas person calls will not apply to calls on customers in the UK in relation to activities of the firm within its SFA authorisation ; this is because the firm is nonetheless an authorised person and the call is therefore not an overseas person call if the subject matter of the call is within its SFA business profile . |
| 28 | Home office Minister , Michael Jack told the delegates of the tougher sentencing available to the courts from October . |
| 29 | The Home Secretary has introduced the tougher regime after promising a crackdown at this year 's Conmservative Party conference . |
| 30 | Mr Millan said that he was talking to UK authorities and expressed some optimism the matter could be resolved , although EC officials believe the tougher rules could lead to new battles with the Treasury . |