"tough" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I was beginning to detect in Minns a pattern: tough rhetoric combined with pragmatic action.
- Their analysis disclosed the church's balancing act: tough rhetoric in the short term and gradual accommodation over the long run.
- However, there was some optimism as the tough rhetoric appeared largely to be a war of words.
- The Mayor's critics contend that his tough racial rhetoric has kept whites from moving back to the city, but he dismisses the notion.
- Mr. Aziz's airport arrival statement contained some positive signals, but also a great deal of tough rhetoric.
- Mr. Bush's gibe about "no controlling legal authority" gave a hint of the tough rhetoric to come.
- If tough rhetoric and penalties worked, we would not have a drug problem.
- The risk for Obama is that tougher rhetoric against big business could turn off some of the centrist voters he needs to win re-election.
- "Rather, his tough rhetoric of a year ago is now standard copy for just about all of the candidates."
- And I think it's a shame that President Clinton's weak action today did not match his tough rhetoric.
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