Sentence examples for be a tough case from inspiring English sources
(Direct ransom payments to Al Qaeda could violate anti-terrorism laws, but a prosecution of a desperate family would be a tough case to bring before a jury).
As head of the crisis negotiation unit at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Noesner sensed that this would be a tough case.
Stuck behind a desk far too much of the time, he was drawn to what promised to be a tough case.
That may be a tough case to make to lawmakers, given that Iran did not pledge to freeze its enrichment of uranium and offered no plan, publicly at least, to dismantle facilities, which State Department officials cited as a justification for holding off on a sanctions vote before the first meeting.
It will be a tough case, if the judge even allows it to be reopened.
But it will be a tough case to prove either way.
The argument to shut Thomas up may be a tougher case today because that shot dropped, helping preserve a tenuous lead as the Knicks beat the Pacers, 91-89, to even the Eastern Conference finals at two games each.
It might be easy for the GOP presidential candidates to tell GOP primary voters that they'll do all they can to undermine or cancel the plan — after all, Obama talks about it as important, so it must be unspeakably horrible — but that might be a tougher case to make to a general election audience.
"Look, it's a tough case," Racine said.
I think that's a tough case to make.
