Sentence examples for made heavy work from inspiring English sources

With an orchestra led by Florence Malgoire Francece's Monica Huggett – this concert should have scintillated, but a thick seam of cellos, viol and double basses made heavy work of Campra's Exaudiat te Dominus.

But delays and cancellations have meant most countries have made heavy work of enforcing the plan.

Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder: "We made heavy work of it, but a win is a win.

Ireland's total of 238 might have been bigger but for some clever bowling from Saeed Ajmal (4-35) athehendnd, which proved crucial as Pakistan made heavy work of the chase.

At the 2010 World Cup, Fabio Capello's side looked to have a favourable draw but made heavy work of progressing from a group including United States, Slovenia and Algeria, eventually finishing in second position.

On day four the young Canadian Milos Raonic went out in three sets and the former US Open champion Juan Martín del Potro got through to the third round, but made heavier work of it than he might have done against the Canadian Jesse Levine, ranked 112 in the world and who has lost four of 14 matches this year.

The relatively new idea of a FIFA ethics committee makes heavy work for a few men.

Cavill, he said, "doesn't make heavy work of one of the biggest, toughest roles in comic-book cinema" but is overall "more solid than spectacular".

Making heavy work of it against strong resistance, the Australians slowly made headway, but the Japanese remained in possession of the citadel.

But much of the work in this last area has not made heavy use of logical techniques.

The exhaustive work of the IHR Review Committee made heavy demands on the time of its expert members and on WHO resources.