Sentence examples for tough settlement from inspiring English sources
Overall this is a tough settlement for the NHS.
"We knew it was going to be a tough settlement," he said.
For evidence, look no further than Michael Lyons, who said that the BBC "knew it was going to be a tough settlement".
Some Wall Street executives are concerned that any tough settlement conditions imposed on Citigroup may be used to curtail activities at their firms.
The FTC chairman, Jon Leibowitz, added: "This is a tough settlement that ensures that Google will honour its commitments to consumers and build strong privacy protections into all of its operations".
The shadow Scottish secretary has warned his political rivals not to subject the BBC to "bullying tactics" to force a tough settlement when the corporation's royal charter is renewed next year.
Tough settlements for the welfare system have long been justified by claims to be cutting largesse from an undeserving poor.
There will be "tough settlements for the public sector" that will "make life harder for those who use them and harder for those who work in them".
In his speech, he talked about "tough settlements for the public services", but he did not elaborate and he has said nothing all week that would alarm his activist base.
Margaret Eaton, a Conservative peer who chairs the Local Government Association (LGA), called it the toughest settlement in living memory.
The SEC wrung a tougher settlement out of LendingClub Asset Management, an investment management unit of LendingClub and a registered investment advisor, which must pay a $4 million fine.
