Sentence examples for hardened public from inspiring English sources

So-called "black hat conferences", at which hardened public service managers used to be invited to challenge the optimistic bidding assumptions made by the financial teams at headquarters either did not take place, or were formalities, dominated by bid teams.

The influx of more than a million migrants into Germany this year and last, mainly Muslims fleeing countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, has hardened public views on immigration and weakened support for the chancellor, Angela Merkel.

And reports that some Guantanamo detainees have "returned to the battlefield" may have also hardened public opinion.

Lord Butler found no evidence that the prime minister's staff "sexed up" the dossier, though he does show that the intelligence was hardened for public consumption as it went through the system.

Given Khuzami's impressive track record standing up to hardened criminals, the public will likely relish the prospect of a proven legal tough roughing up Goldman's top brass, regardless of the merits of his case.

But hardened veterans of the public relations war that they are, each side doubts that the other means what it says.

Lee Baca, the Los Angeles County sheriff, said the state, with the help of local officials, should immediately begin devising a plan, particularly to assure the public that hardened criminals would not soon be roaming the streets.

It defies experience-hardened cynicism whenever any big public works project is under budget and ahead of schedule.

Who could possibly be better to supervise swingeing cutbacks in the public sector than battle-hardened industrial and commercial titans?

But even the most cynical and hardened rejoiced at the thought of a public health champion at the helm of this notoriously recalcitrant institution.

To the average criminal defendant, standing before a case-hardened judge in a local court, an overworked public defender by his side, the grand promises of the American constitution can seem a world away.