Sentence examples for tougher less from inspiring English sources

chief came from outside the euro zone precisely to take a tougher, less indulgent approach to the debt crisis rather than throw more money at it.

They set out to challenge the Miami Heat's supremacy — a quest cut short by a Pacers team that was younger and tougher, less glamorous but more polished and determined.

Rolling of steel rails (which was adapted from wrought-iron rolling technology) and other shapes such as angles and channels began about 1870; it made a much tougher, less brittle metal.

Calls for tougher, less means-tested, fines for parents of persistent school truants so that parental income needed "for satellite TVs, cigarette consumption or alcohol" is no longer taken into account in setting the fine.

And not to be unkind but, with the notable exception of Charolais beef, the French meat is generally tougher, less marbled with fat, and less tasty when finally cut up, cooked and dropped in portions onto dinner plates.

Stretching the parameters of the traditional Japanese vocal and combining the result with John Cage-influenced experiments in electronic sound, Ono was a tougher, less melodic Meredith Monk: a musical futurist with a learned, albeit improvisatory, approach to the studio — indeed, to the whole concept of being an artist.

But David Cameron spoke of a "need to shine a spotlight on who owns what and where money is really flowing .In this section Accounting trips A fresh headcount Saviour of the docklands Copping and changing Hold the presses Shell game Argot bargy More tough, less love ReprintsBusiness opinion has shifted sharply.

Others were thought to have copied them.In this section Accounting trips A fresh headcount Saviour of the docklands Copping and changing Hold the presses Shell game Argot bargy More tough, less love ReprintsBut far from being cod-Jamaican, MLE is now thought to be a hybrid dialect that emerged from the intermingling of West Indians, South Asians and speakers of Cockney and Estuary English.

Just like anyone getting a divorce with kids, you want to try your best to make a situation that's tough, less negative.

One thing that I realized is that discussing the effects of concussions and the reality of the situation doesn't make me less of a man, less tough, less loyal to the National Football League, [have] a less love for the game.

"It could be tougher for less apparent, or less certain ventures to attract capital".