How To Use Toughen In A Sentence
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He had to toughen his skin against constant and vile abuse.
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Mineral filled, toughened, lubricated polybutylene terephthalate resin for injection moldingsurface aesthetics.
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And Leeds North West Labour MP Harold Best also believes there is a case for toughening the rules.
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These include the Government's proposal that an extra sub-clause be added to the chapter on provincial legislation in an effort to toughen laws in that area.
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And those who are admonishing us to harden up, toughen up, I think we need to listen to that.
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Eventually, the skin will "toughen," and your child won't feel as much discomfort.
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The gold medallist, who has blubbed several times, insisted she had toughened up.
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Their attitude to public money must toughen up.
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The Home Office confirmed that provisions to toughen the gun laws could be added to the Criminal Justice and Sentencing Bill currently before Parliament.
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Alternately, the Democratic leadership could add in key Democratic priorities, such as toughened financial regulations, bankruptcy law reforms helping homeowners prevent foreclosure, direct government aid to mortgagees, a tax on the financial industry to pay for the bailout, and the job-creating $60 billion economic stimulus / infrastructure spending package the House passed a few days ago.
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Main wood to aluminum and plexiglass, PC, tarpaulins, toughened glass.
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But there's no paws for alarm, as the beast is safely behind a thick sheet of toughened glass.
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But the NFL has toughened the rules for expansion teams since then, making it more difficult to load up on players from the get-go.
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Proper footwear, skin tougheners, taping, frequent sock and shoe changes, proper hydration, correct lacing techniques, and gaiters all contribute to the prevention of blisters.
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The dribbling tutelage he received from his father on the beaches near his home toughened him up to ensure that he has coped with the physical nature of the Scottish game.
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By then, experience had toughened him, while making him more determined than ever to succeed.
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Now a wildlife expert is calling for laws to be toughened.
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They said the skin just had to toughen up a bit,' she said.
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The food to be poached must be fully immersed in the liquid and not allowed to boil otherwise it can toughen the most delicate protein.
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Ironically, in an era where global trade is trying to achieve unrestricted expansion, these recommendations will toughen border regulations.
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My father tried to teach me to toughen up.
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Heal thyself White says the technology could be used to toughen common devices like mobile phones.
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Reporters Alistari MacDonald and John McKinnion note that attempts to stop Iran's plans to enrich uranium, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, have so far led to three sanctions resolutions in the U.ited Nations, but they have been relatively limited in scope and many European countries have until now resisted U. S.-led attempts to toughen the measures.
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Just as the uni- prefix implies arrogance, multi- implies meekness, requiring Clinton’s secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, to come up with a toughening modifier: “assertive multilateralism.”
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If self-regulation fails, toughen the penalties and bring in swingeing damages for clear breaches of privacy.
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She also hit back at cops to insist cabinet ministers DID tell them to toughen up their stance on the rioting last week.
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She had toughened up and developed a more ruthless survivalist streak.
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She said that more order must be established in the adoption system to prevent deaths and that her committee was drafting amendments to the Criminal Code and the Family Code that would toughen the rules for adoptions by foreigners.
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The government has toughened the fight against corruption.
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Ministers are already planning to toughen sanctions for data protection offences.
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During his "striptease" - as Parizeau called the progressive unveiling of his policies - the former PQ finance minister has promoted Quebec sovereignty, a crackdown on minority language rights and a toughening of language laws, free trade with the United States, government-owned industry, and a minimum-income scheme.
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One of the premier advantages to keiretsu strategies is that it toughens the conglomerate against takeovers and drastic losses.
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As the creatures age and their meat toughens they lose up to 70% of their market value, leaving Scottish shepherds facing an agonising wait.
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Good quality glass skins are toughened for impact resistance and treated to filter out ultra violet and infra red rays.
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As with piecrust and meat loaf, the goal is to manhandle the “dough” as little as possible, to avoid toughening the texture and losing too much butterfat to the water.
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Keeping the hurt inside, Killy henceforth learned in an existential manner to rely on no one but himself, and toughened his hide.
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Don't worry - the tiger is safely behind toughened glass.
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York housing chiefs today unveiled plans to make savings by toughening up on the collection of rent arrears.
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In any case, Western civilization’s been declining for a good long while, so our psyches are all pretty toughened up anyway.
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She noticeably toughened her stance at the end of last year.
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And the England playmaker insists the Gunners must toughen up to compete for the big prizes.
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Hopefully they will have toughened up a bit before it arrives…
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A new kind of resinoid bond of diamond wheel toughened polyimide resin micro powder is presented.
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It has lobbied against proposals to toughen the law on cold calling and doorstep selling.
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The president, who huddled with cabinet members in the secure Situation Room on Monday "to decide on next steps," also requested that legislation be sent to Congress to "toughen" and reform existing law on caps on damages linked to oil spills, the White House said.
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Don't worry - the tiger is safely behind toughened glass.
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Don't be too precious about your flora: toughen things up a bit.
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Iron gives a great colour but also toughens up the grass.
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Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
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They said the skin just had to toughen up a bit,' she said.
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Their rejection comes despite plans in England, unveiled last week, to toughen the law, giving householders the right to take on burglars without fear of prosecution.
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There are three types of recollection toughened past Mp3 players namely, fulgurate thought, removable or embedded glitter memory and the hard drive.
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If you're a conservative and you're gratified that the administration seems unfettered by political correctness in toughening up the nation's defenses, don't be so gratified.
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Despite their short stature, there was a brute solidity about them, their large, thick-fingered hands those of stonecutters and labourers, their tough, weathered skin that of a people toughened by the elements.
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English language tests were toughened last year for newly arriving nurses.
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Mr Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, toughened his terms for a deal yesterday.
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Sheets of biaxially oriented polypropylene have been toughened by stretching them in two directions, causing the chainlike polymer molecules to line up along the same direction.
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The damaged floodlights are several feet high and are made of toughened glass similar to that used in the rear window of a car.
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It is part of a series of measures to toughen the justice system in a major bill introduced to the Commons yesterday.
The Sun
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He had to toughen his skin against constant and vile abuse.
The Sun
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She added it was'crucial' the law was toughened up.
The Sun
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It was a good mental toughener, though, which is exactly why I'll be going back next week.
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As I outlined in answer to an earlier supplementary question, the current legislation has toughened the law in this regard.
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Instead it gives the audience small doses of emotion and hastily toughens up the typical abused young woman.
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This may sound attractive for anyone who's seen their credit card terms toughened in the past year.
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It has toughened glass plus a steel band around the edge that holds the antenna.
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The experience naturally toughened and battle-hardened men who had essentially been at peace for all of their careers.
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Admittedly, it does need to be toughened glass.
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Heal thyself White says the technology could be used to toughen common devices like mobile phones.
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That's where we have to toughen up a bit more.
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It is part of a series of measures to toughen the justice system in a major bill introduced to the Commons yesterday.
The Sun
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There have also been forecasts that today's move will be ‘toughened up’ with grim warnings to some local authorities that they could be budget-capped in future years if they overspent.
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It was neither toughened nor safety glass,' she told the court.
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My secret thoughts on it were that some of these prickly, prissy dons really needed toughening up.
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Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
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In the offseason, General Manager George McPhee felt the Caps needed to toughen up, so the club traded for pugilist DJ King.
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They could pretend that they in fact had hands toughened by manual labor in the somewhat mythical Australian outback.
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How good it was that his muscles had been toughened by the rigorous daily calisthenics and cold baths.
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He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.
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In 1792 the feet of the deserted Cesar were well-toughened to the pavements, his shoulders to the bales, and his mind to what he called the "humbugs" of Paris.
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Teak handrails are supported on sheets of toughened glass as balusters.
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Or, failing that humane step, eliminate the jobs for undocumented workers by toughening the law on hiring - and arresting employers who violate the law.
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He could also pressure the state's congressional delegation to toughen the federal law.
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The hydroperoxidation product (EPHP) was used to initiate olefine monomers, such as styrene, etc. for grafting copolymerization and examination of toughening effect of the grafted EP in the blend.
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Buni was raised by bunny-girls, dragged out of the closet by pop stars, and toughened up by the Royal Navy before coming to Nottingham as a mature student.
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She really toughened up and started bunking off school and acting up.
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Building Regulations insist on the lower panes being toughened glass, but when the window is open there is nothing to stop a child from falling out due to the low cill.
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Punishments will be reduced or toughened based on whether there are mitigating or aggravating circumstances.
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Such vitriol toughened her up for the less aesthetically pleasing career of boxing.
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All the fight scenes must have toughened him up.
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Now a wildlife expert is calling for laws to be toughened.
The Sun
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Toughened glass is very strong, but has been known to fracture spontaneously due to nickel sulphide inclusions.
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Romney this week toughened his language in decrying the new health care rule, on Monday saying the requirement to cover "contraceptives, morning-after pills, in other words abortive pills," was a "violation of conscience.
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Their attitude to public money must toughen up.
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In autumn, cuttings that have had all season to toughen up are called hardwood cuttings.
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This experience will toughen her
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UK universities must also toughen up.
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The hour is late, but Congress may toughen antitrust and fair trade laws if you speak out
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But here, as near as I can see, are a group of candidates, most of whom have a clear argument and set of ideas about rebuilding, reshaping and generally toughening up the Democratic party.
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The fine grains, crack deflexion and grain bridging are main toughening mechanisms of silicon carbide ceramic.
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It has toughened glass plus a steel band around the edge that holds the antenna.
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Most of the foals we saw here will be taken to Bazy's Hat Ranch in northern Arizona to be turned out on large acreage where they can toughen up and develop strong bones and feet.
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He said the club uses safety glasses, which are toughened like windscreens, so if they smash there are no sharp edges.
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All the fight scenes must have toughened him up.
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But the stolid tree -- a bloodwood, all bone, toughened by death, a few ruby crystals in sparse antra all that remained significant of past life -- afforded but meagre hospitality to the, soft lead.
My Tropic Isle
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That's where we have to toughen up a bit more.
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It was in an attempt to catch substandard, unseaworthy ships that the European Union toughened its port inspection procedures following the Erika incident off the French coast.
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It has somewhat toughened and dark flesh, coarse skin, and a somewhat hardened breastbone cartilage. 6.
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Just as the uni- prefix implies arrogance, multi- implies meekness, requiring Clinton’s secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, to come up with a toughening modifier: “assertive multilateralism.”
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And the England playmaker insists the Gunners must toughen up to compete for the big prizes.
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Some 80% of voters had rejected a second proposal by an anti-abortion coalition to toughen the rules on abortion, the survey said.
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The mineral to be most wary of is calcium, which can toughen some grains when used during cooking.
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Kirby came of age in the 1930s, was toughened by his Depression boyhood and perhaps scarred by his frontline experiences in World War Two.
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Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
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The law on rioting must be toughened.
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How does the proposed amendment toughen the law to prevent the defendant simply saying that he or she thought the other person was over 16?
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He has written to council chiefs to seek their views on how the laws can be toughened up.
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Ministers are already planning to toughen sanctions for data protection offences.
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It's really cute--but you could "toughen" it's image up to make it more "Terp" appropriate.
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You gotta fuckin toughen up with the cold and fuckin dealin with rugged not you average fuck around kinda guy.
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The government has toughened the fight against corruption.
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These guys work out with them all the time and it must really toughen them up.
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How good it was that his muscles had been toughened by the rigorous daily calisthenics and cold baths.
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Now a wildlife expert is calling for laws to be toughened.
The Sun
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It is part of a series of measures to toughen the justice system in a major bill introduced to the Commons yesterday.
The Sun
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Because of its low fat content, goat meat will lose moisture and can toughen quickly if exposed to high temperatures and dry cooking methods.
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It was neither toughened nor safety glass,' she told the court.
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This freshens the verse and toughens the sentiment.
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Magee, by contrast, has been concentrating on toughening up his torso against the expected ferocious onslaught to his ribs from Hatton, who has knocked out several opponents with hooks to the body.
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One of the options is the wider use of toughened plastic glasses, which are already used by some pubs voluntarily.
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The Government will toughen the rules on broadcast advertising of alcohol to tackle binge drinking, and work with the drinks industry through a voluntary scheme.
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Transport chiefs have backed a university study aimed at toughening up Greater Manchester's bus shelters.
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When single panes of toughened glass are used overhead such failure can have dangerous consequences.
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Coupled with steps taken this week to toughen gun laws, the move is seen as an effort to get new legislation on the books ahead of federal elections in September.
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Cages for beasts like tigers and lions are made of toughened glass with green plants inside.
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Well – you must "toughen" your plants more gently than that.
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Best practice would be to fit five point door bolts, make sure any glass in doors is toughened to make it harder to smash, fit security lighting and lock away any garden equipment that could be used to break into a property.
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Toughen it up with some leather (or pleather) skinny pants.
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It was especially hard for me as I started in ER & was told I was a "softie" and that I needed to get over the "newness" of it all et to toughen up my skin some more.
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The proportion of tenderizers to tougheners is a relatively simple way to classify flour types.
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This year the Department for Transport is expected to toughen the sentence to make the offence subject to an endorsement of three penalty points and a 60 pounds sterling fixed penalty.
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But there's no paws for alarm, as the beast is safely behind a thick sheet of toughened glass.
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The skins on the fruits have toughened during dry weather.
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Admittedly, it does need to be toughened glass.
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They're ready to go and if they cool it and reheat, the stroganoff will toughen up and taste like old boots.
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We have increased the numbers of police to record numbers, toughened the law on everything from rape to benefit fraud.
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This year, pro-choice activists rallied with greater urgency than usual, feeling that a Republican White House and Congress will toughen abortion laws.
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The blue fins on the building's exterior feature screen-printed silk laminated between two pieces of toughened glass.
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Maybe the Augusta National is right about wanting to toughen up some of the par-4 holes with more length and doglegs and bunkering.
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Alternately, the Democratic leadership could add in key Democratic priorities, such as toughened financial regulations, bankruptcy law reforms helping homeowners prevent foreclosure, direct government aid to mortgagees, a tax on the financial industry to pay for the bailout, and the job-creating $60 billion economic stimulus/infrastructure spending package the House passed a few days ago.
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On a steel bone structure are hung moulded, white toughened glass panels, each one unique.
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Oh and don't do anything silly like "toughen" your feet.
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Just when I thought I was getting myself straightened out and toughened up with the proper contractor mindset, along comes something like this.
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The skins on the fruits have toughened during dry weather.
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Finally, after reading a redraft and suggesting that we change one item to toughen our position, he headed for the door with our final offer in hand.
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And toughen up show-stopping dresses with biker boots for a style that will keep you going into the small hours.
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The experience toughened his character.
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Raising her head high, Julia decides to toughen herself and be firm with Cassie.
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Besides the multiple formations he devised, his run-first philosophy helped toughen a program that used to be damned with the label "finesse.
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But after The Big Breakfast she had toughened up and developed a more ruthless survivalist streak.
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: He thought he was about to be put into one of those vile Boys Bands that the Tedrels used to " toughen" the boys.
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She added it was'crucial' the law was toughened up.
The Sun
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The law on rioting must be toughened.
The Sun
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The experience naturally toughened and battle-hardened men who had essentially been at peace for all of their careers.
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The thieves, says the proprietor, must have used a sledgehammer to break the toughened glass to gain access.
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Insist the athletics toughens, ameliorable all over the body blood circulation, raise an anti- cold capacity and the resistance of air frame, this is to preclude a frostbite of had better device.
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You can crack this toughened glass, but you can't break it.
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He favours an approach that would toughen regulations on internet service providers, which are already obliged to filter out offensive material.
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Some of these formulations contained a combined weight of over 50% of the tougheners.
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His cracked and toughened face split wide in a grin.
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Cole, a small, dark-haired Cajun boy with calloused work-toughened hands, once took fifteen whacks from Miss Miller's paddle, more than anybody in the history of the school.
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His time in the trade may have toughened him up for a future as an insolvency specialist.
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We had to toughen our legs and hands - like iron, then they became true weapons.
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But the stolid tree — a bloodwood, all bone, toughened by death, a few ruby crystals in sparse antra all that remained significant of past life — afforded but meagre hospitality to the, soft lead.
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UK universities must also toughen up.
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Soldiers spin toughened to doing quick as good as ruthlessly what contingency be finished to save themselves.
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extract equity" from the rising value of the house and in this way meet the higher repayments when the repayment terms toughened in a year or two.
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The skins on the fruits have toughened during dry weather.
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The government wants to toughen the existing drug laws/controls.
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The food to be poached must be fully immersed in the liquid and not allowed to boil otherwise it can toughen the most delicate protein.
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The last week she said she had got "toughened," and did not shiver.
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‘Hun,’ Cheryl said, her voice a tad quaky, but she toughened it up, ‘I would have been worried if he had come home an hour after he left.’
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The Manchester Evening News launched a campaign three years ago to promote the use of toughened glass and plastic bottles in nightspots.
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As a high-school student in downtown New York in the 1980s, she twice witnessed street violence and says the experience "toughened" her.
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He has written to council chiefs to seek their views on how the laws can be toughened up.
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More than that, we need the law on irresponsible dog owners toughened up.
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We have demonstrated that this continues to be a priority by toughening the laws on illegal weapons, air guns and replicas.
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She noticeably toughened her stance at the end of last year.
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Elegant and inventive, all are in effect strongboxes, made of toughened laminated and bonded glass.
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What about using pine tar or some of those other hoof tougheners?
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More than that, we need the law on irresponsible dog owners toughened up.
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I simply stared into her eyes through the layer of toughened glass which divided her world from mine.
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Brown has outflanked Gray by introducing a bill to toughen First Source standards.
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The city reduced industrial pollutants, started to convert to diesel, emphasized the treatment of domestic sewage, cleaned up streets and toughened pollution laws.
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She also hit back at cops to insist cabinet ministers DID tell them to toughen up their stance on the rioting last week.
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The state senate is currently considering a bill that would toughen penalties for cockfighting and dog fighting.
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Must dash now, need to soak my feet in vinegar to toughen them up.
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The experience toughened his character.
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He wanted him to toughen up our sound a bit, make us more like the punk thing that was then under way.
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Don't be too precious about your flora: toughen things up a bit.
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