Sentence examples for stiff deadlines from inspiring English sources

It's easy to become so mired in your daily responsibilities--whether you're caring for children or elderly parents, meeting stiff deadlines at work, or worrying about global news headlines--that you lose yourself in the shuffle and become unable to function because all you do is worry.

Are you the type of person who thrives on challenge, tight deadlines, and stiff competition?

Tight deadlines.

Most private companies, from deep-pocketed oil conglomerates to mom-and-pop gas retailers, upgraded their tanks before the December 1998 deadline to avoid stiff fines and negative publicity.

Legislation should set a strict deadline for encryption of future data, plus stiff penalties for abuse thereafter.

In particular, if you missed a deadline for amending your plan, that's "significant" and brings a stiff penalty, even if your plan has no other problems.

The law mandates universal "proficiency" in math and reading by 2014 — a deadline that weighs heavily on educators around the nation, since schools that don't meet it face stiff penalties.

Stiff, indeed.