Sentence examples for given the harshness from inspiring English sources

But, he said, he and other factory owners have no choice, given the harshness of the work.

But any occupation on those terms was doomed to fail, especially given the harshness with which Israel dealt with those not catching the spirit.

Given the harshness of the spotlight into which Mr Davie had just shuffled, it might be reasonable to suggest he could have been forgiven a minor sartorial oversight.

The family has punched a hole in the ceiling for a chimney for their wood stove, a necessity given the harshness of the winters but a fire hazard in the dry climate.

In fact, they don't regard themselves as a hip-hop act at all, but as pop boys, an odd thing to say, perhaps, given the harshness of some of their music.

Trees in the earlier plantings are now mature and given the harshness of the local climate many will come to the end of their 'safe life' in the early decades of this century.

Given the basic harshness of boxing as a way of earning a living, no one could blame Owen or his father or his manager, Dai Gardiner, for going after the biggest prize available to them, but some of us always felt that the right to challenge Pintor in Los Angeles was a questionable privilege.

This is exceedingly odd, given the unprecedented harshness of Jesus' stance, and the sheer force of His derisive disapproval.

Yet the defendants will probably want to settle, given the possible liability and harshness of this opinion even with the caveats Chancellor Strine provided.

This means work outside, which, given the difficulty of the labor and the harshness of the climate, burned a colossal amount of calories and demanded a solid, peasant figure.

Robert Wierzel's stark lighting gives the stage pictures an icy harshness.