Sentence examples for given the stiff from inspiring English sources
I cannot imagine winning this bracket given the stiff competition, but I am honored to have been part of a hack ("MIT Students Claim Harvard as a Colony (1982)") that made it into the initial 32.
It speaks to the talent and ambition of Stefan Herheim, one of opera's most searching, inventive directors, that even given the stiff anniversary competition, two of the year's hottest new productions have been his: one Wagner and one Verdi.
Sunday lunch Stanley Estates Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010 The first of three winners from the 2011 International Wine Challenge (IWC), this topped both the New Zealand and International Sauvignon Blanc categories – some achievement given the stiff local competition for a winery that is a relatively recent venture by an expat British couple.
Although UCL is the first institution to come up with a formal replacement for Orsas, it hopes other universities will follow its lead, so that the country as a whole retains its pulling power for top-class researchers, particularly given the stiff competition from the USA, where scholarships targeting the best global talent are abundant.
While Mr. Piguet said his ambitions were far more limited for watches, given the stiff competition from larger players, he said books and manuscripts had already become a flagship of his business and accounted for 15 percent to 20 percent of revenue last year.
Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strategist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo, said the corporate tax cuts advocated as a way of keeping businesses in Japan were needed, but they were not a magical cure, given the stiff competition from the low tax rates in some other Asian economies.
Williams, deemed to be the scheme's architect and main operator, was given the stiffest of the penalties.
The Thistles, with New Zealander coach Gail Parata at the helm, face the reigning Commonwealth champions and will be given the stiffest of tests.
However, it was Kello who was being given the stiffer test as he flew full length to turn wide a Simon Ramsden header and blocked an Ainsworth effort from point-blank range.
But after Washington in January announced the sale of another arms package to Taiwan, this one worth $6.4 billion, Beijing objected again and decided to give the stiff arm to Gates on his Asia trip.
This will give the stiff consistency needed to form the dough.
