Sentence examples for almost as harsh from inspiring English sources

Speaking on the last day of Labour's annual party conference, Miliband was almost as harsh on critics of his own party's leadership, suggesting that infighting over the next few months would do "the Tories' dirty work for them".

Opposition politicians say that the repeal of the ISA may yet turn out to be more symbolic than real if the new laws are almost as harsh as the old ones.Mr Najib has an election to win within the next year.

With her voice rising, and her tone almost as harsh as when she had been talking to the pianist, she said that answering so many of my questions and serving as my interpreter with her mother and grandmother had taken a toll on her throat.

It is awfully harsh on puppies, and it would be almost as harsh on Elliott Carter, who recently wrote his first opera at 90, a work that received its New York premiere on Sunday with the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall.

Critics on the left are almost as harsh as those on the right.

That's about as harsh as a bailout gets.

As for Ben, he's not nearly as harsh.

What is striking is how Mr. Parsons, usually portrayed as the quintessential Nice Guy (he even "hugs strangers", Mr. Auletta reports), comes across as harsh and almost gloating at certain points in the article.

The documentary's harshest lessons come almost as visual asides.

These harsh sentences treat juveniles almost as punitively as adults.

Showy piety, legalism and quietism were all abominations, almost as much as the cheap oil and harsh flavours of phoney ethnic food.His own scorecard had some blots.