Sentence examples for hard-nosed with from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gilbert's talented players were luxurious in Schreker's Kammersymphonie and appropriately hard-nosed with Brahms.

From Williamsburg to the Lower East Side, bands have been reawakening jaded local audiences with rock that's true to New York's self-image: lean, smart and hard-nosed, with streaks of art and insolence.

On Friday, Mrs. Lincoln introduced a derivatives bill that seemed intended to show that she could be hard-nosed with Wall Street yet accommodating to Arkansas constituents, ranging from Wal-Mart to small community banks, which have a big interest in the derivative fight.

Fehrnstrom's co-workers said he could be just as hard-nosed with them.

And though Madoff is serving a life sentence, prosecutors have been less hard-nosed with DiPascali, arguing for his release while awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to 10 felonies last year.

Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson The saxophonists Colin Stetson and Mats Gustafsson share a hard-nosed fascination with pure sound, along with a wariness of genre convention.

They praise Mr. Clegg's knack for getting inside a writer's head, how he handles manuscripts with velvet gloves, and his hard-nosed dealings with publishers.

It is also the story of how the agency, under the stewardship of its new chief, Christine Lagarde, eventually reasserted control with a tougher line toward Greece and increasingly hard-nosed diplomacy with other European governments.

The hard-nosed guys with a lot of slash.

Scalpers are often mobbed by fans and engaged in hard-nosed bargaining with concertgoers.

Boston is a big, hard-nosed team, with a fearsome banger named Milan Lucic.