1.  A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.

2.  A good investment, it seems, but a tough one for accountants to grapple with.

3.  A lot of the stone went to build houses for the local peasants, who apparently had a tough time.

4.  A lot of Tories wanted John Patten out of education, but even tough leaders do not sack ministers in mid-crisis.

5.  A new lobbying group has been formed to press the Government for tougher action on climate change.

6.  A tough customer, a man to be reckoned with.

7.  A tough Southern youth returns from the front a changed man.

8.  About the only people who can move rapidly over such terrain are the tough and wiry park service hunters.

9.  About thirty airmen sat around wearing a variety of expressions from sickly smiles to tough bravado.