Sentence examples for tough operator from inspiring English sources

At Birmingham FC she proved herself a tough operator.

Some question whether Ms Lauvergeon, a famously tough operator, managed the relationship smoothly.

A tough operator unafraid to make unpopular decisions, he is responsible for the day to day running of the group.

He was a tough operator who had survived a murder attempt by the Official IRA in 1972.

Certainly, Rowhani is respected as a tough operator in Iran and by European diplomats who dealt with him in 2003-05.

He has acquired the reputation for being a tough operator and, after acquiring Iberia, announced 4,500 job cuts at the Spanish airline.

Even in a town known to be filled with tough operators, Adelson's steeliness stood out.

Now Arkansas has another turn on the big stage against another defense of tough operators when it visits top-ranked Louisiana State on Friday.

The Crimson Tide are under a mandate to be tough operators and jar opponents this season, not just until the official's whistle ends a play, but through the last bit of noise from that whistle.

But the organizational setback could be short-lived, as the two men in line to take over from him — Wali ur-Rehman, known as the chief military strategist, and Qari Hussain, the chief instructor on suicide bombers — are considered tough operators.

Mr. Crone and Mr. Myler are known in the industry as tough operators — "not the kind of people you take on lightly," according to Brian Cathcart, a professor of journalism at Kingston University, and the founder of Hacked Off, a campaign seeking full investigation of the scandal.