Sentence examples for gave tough from inspiring English sources

He had fragile tendons and broke down in the summer, but was one of the best horses I ever rode.' Murless rated the ride Piggott gave tough little Carozza to win the 1977 Oaks for the Queen as the best he could recall, but the most memorable filly of their partnership was Petite Etoile.

The SPIs had high viscosity and gave tough, flexible and transparent membranes.

All of the polymers were soluble in common organic solvents, and gave tough free-standing membranes by the solution casting method.

Bush, you may recall, was hailed as a fighter against terrorism because he, well, gave tough-talking speeches.

It has recently been given tough enforcement powers.

But its early success is turning some heads on Wall Street, particularly given tough financial times.

Heating debate Next week universities will be given tough new targets for carbon reduction.

In giving tough advice to Europe, "in a sense the I.M.F. is returning to its roots," said James Raymond Vreeland, a political scientist at Georgetown University.

"Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln give tough, moving performances as a couple making their way in a white world without apologies to anyone," he wrote.

Corporate governance experts have praised these moves, saying that a board dominated by outsiders gives tough, independent advice and offers a broad range of perspectives.

Participants in the meeting said she feared the Cologne perpetrators would not be given tough enough sentences to lead to their deportation.