It has been another tough year for many small businesses.

In every sense of the word, 1992 was a tough year for the profession.

And after some tough years the company has improved its results this year.

He said that 1993 had been a tough year for him.

I'm glad I did because this has been a tough year.

After the success of the previous season, 2007 was always going to be a tough year.

Not only this, but it's been a tough year and a half.

It has been a tough year for his 15-member family, ages 9 to 62.

This is a tough year, but we've had many good years.

All this comes after a tough two years for the Navy.