Sentence examples for tough likely from inspiring English sources

Australia secured a resounding 6-1 victoverover Zimbabwe in their final Olympic pool match and progressed to the knockout stages in the process, but not even that result has helped them avoid a desperately tough likely quarter-final clash with either host nation Brazil or world No1 USA after rivals Germany secured a better goal difference on a dramatic day of football in Rio.

Mr Gandhi must learn to appeal as a national leader and get through a tough election likely to end in failure.

2016 looks tough, 2017 likely also, with any rise in the oil price no guarantee of a pick-up in customer activity.

We do need more effective regulation, but calls for regulators to "get tough" are likely to prove effective only as long as a crisis lasts.

Given the uncertainty over Britain's future in the EU and the tough negotiations likely to consume much of the next three years, Cameron's choice of Hill is potentially fateful.

In a move to shift the political debate forward, and away from responsibility for the 2010 deficit, Miliband, speaking on the BBC, tried to focus on the tough inheritance likely in 2015, criticising the chancellor, George Osborne, for cutting too fast.

The toughest is likely to center on 14-game winner Hyun-Jin Ryu, who made two trips to the disabled list this season and is sidelined again with inflammation in his left shoulder.

Tata warned tough conditions are likely to persist for the "near and medium-term".

And while more tough fighting very likely will lie ahead, the outcome is assured.

Australia have also suffered an injury blow with Simon Katich, their tough opening batsman, likely to play no further part in the series because of a damaged achilles.

When the going gets tough, it is likely that Syriza will focus on clamping down on oligarchs and other vested interests to get by.