Sentence examples for says in the Tooth of from inspiring English sources

As a character says in "The Tooth of Crime" (1972), one of my favorites of his early plays, "So ya' wanna be a rocker.

The Government says: "In the teeth of a recession we had a budget which found £1.4bn for new investment in developing a low carbon economy.

I am perfectly aware that I say this in the teeth of all sorts of contrary evidence, and that I must be basing it partly on temperament and partly on faith, but that is my attitude".

Blue-collar (post- industrial workers don't benefit from free trade and immigration, as he has consistently said for 18 months, in the teeth of opost- industrialhe Republican mainstream workersain free tradors.

Setting out his plans in the Commons, Mr Osborne said: "We took difficult decisions in the teeth of opposition and it worked.

And in the chapter on the law, he says the novel came into being in the teeth of a contradiction between the desire for collective belonging and the struggle towards private space.

"We work hard to ensure that our products are pretty, practical and affordable," said Kidston, of the brand's success in the teeth of the economic downturn.

The reluctance of private insurance companies to cover homes built in the teeth of the ocean says a lot.

I guess what Gingrich is saying is that Obama should continue to hold rallies in the teeth of a hurricane?

"These changes are happening in the teeth of the worst economy in 80 years," he said.

Born: 1931, in the teeth of the great depression.