Sentence examples for a stiff of a from inspiring English sources

Leeds defended gamely and denied Newscastle a stiff of a try, but Richards' side go on to meet Bedford who do not qualify for promotion because their ground at Goldington Road does not meet Premiership standards.

It was a bit of a stiff pull, a thousand feet or more.

If Bruce needs a stiff drink, a word of advice or consolation, his old boss will provide it.

Coming home one day in July, she complained of a stiff jaw, a fever and difficulty swallowing.

A solution for buckling of a stiff strip of finite width bonded to a compliant elastic half-space and subjected to uniform axial compression is presented.

Splitting methods are frequently used in solving stiff differential equations and it is common to split the system of equations into a stiff and a nonstiff part.

And it was plain from the stiff A-line of a black wool twill coat and jacket that opened the show that he was again thinking archetypically -- of 1960's Balenciaga, when coats were practically teepees of construction.

"Cynthia gave me my birth certificate in my early 20s in a rather stiff, matter-of-fact way – a pure statement of fact in a slightly stressed monotone.

Most of these use a stiff pour of alcohol, about a quarter cup, about a third more than the average "jigger".

And between Monday and Wednesday, Coughlin gained a stiff measure of resolve — and a sense of humor on the subject.

He walked away, down the street with a stiff affectation of nonchalance: a short, sturdy man of thirty or so in a well-pressed double-breasted coat that made him as rectangular as a shoebox standing on end.