Sentence examples similar to combination toughness from inspiring English sources

Jacques A. Nasser now says he wishes he had exhibited more of that exact combination -- toughness and persuasiveness -- at the helm of the Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Garroway said she succeeded in business through a combination of toughness and sweets.

But in fact Mr Obama passes the Cheney test fairly well, providing a well-calibrated combination of toughness and strategic innovation.

Alexander McQueen's high priestess inspired collection of couture-worthy pieces was a combination of toughness and opulence: leather-corseted gowns coupled with innocent pearls.

She produced victory after victory on controversial measures with a combination of toughness and charm that no one could have replicated.

This sawed-off, bullet-headed London hoodlum, George, is portrayed by Bob Hoskins with a combination of toughness and sentimental honor that won him a share of best-actor honors at Cannes and an Ocar nomination.

CH I agree that Daniel Craig is a terrific actor, and his combination of toughness and vulnerability is superb, but you've made the schoolboy error of thinking that James Bond is a real person.

He is averaging 21.4 points and 8.1 assists a game and some members of the Knicks' organization believe his combination of toughness, athleticism and skill would make the Knicks much better.

The team had an amazing combination of toughness and flair (you do not have to go past Joakim Noah to get both) that made the games fascinating to watch.

In his drive to crush wickedness and pacify lawless regions, Broncho Billy projected a combination of toughness and laconic swagger that prefigured not only the movie gunslingers who followed him but also, some would argue, the American political style exemplified most recently by President Bush.

Gwathmey brought back the combination of toughness and sumptuousness that made this building so remarkable, and — thanks in part to the highly functional if not particularly lyrical addition he put beside it — it now works far better than it ever did.