Sentence examples for a string of tough from inspiring English sources

He was the last in a string of tough New Labour home secretaries.

Instead he played con men ("The Sting"), petty criminals ("Cool Hand Luke"), abusive husbands ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof") and a string of tough but vulnerable outsiders.

The timing could not be worse, with 13 games left to play, a string of tough matchups ahead and the Knicks 27-266) cloosely loosely to a playoff bid.

2030 is significant as it will also mark the end of the sustainable development goals including a string of tough targets set on reducing child and maternal mortality, malnutrition and other health issues.

Begin's Likud immediately offered circuses along with the bread: a deal with Egypt's Anwar Sadat over the Sinai, followed by a string of "tough" responses to the Palestinians — redoubled settlement activity, and two invasions of Lebanon to root out P.L.O.

"Tomorrow's Economics", published recently by Heizo Takenaka the economics and banking minister in Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet also tries to envisage a bright future for Japan; but his optimism hangs on Japan's making a string of tough choices that authors in the bubble years did not predict.Japan's economy has not been the only source of worry and confusion, however.

He had cooperated with Republicans in enacting a string of tough-on-crime laws that many minority lawmakers opposed.

Prosecutors said the video showed Mr. DiMattina leaping from a car and smashing a window with a crowbar, the latest in a string of tough-guy acts meant to intimidate a business rival.

Marketocracy's M100 got very busy buying U.S. equities last week, perhaps heartened by the strong gains since Nov. 20 and encouraged by the way the market has rallied despite a string of tough-sounding headlines on everything from consumer confidence to gross domestic product.

The mild increase comes in the midst of a recent string of tough talk on inflation from Federal Reserve officials, including Chairman Ben Bernanke, who reinforced the central bank's task of keeping prices under control Monday evening.

Although Mr. Lung had played a long string of toughs for television, he turned in a sensitive portrayal of a father faced with change.