‘These acts are illegal and have to be pursued vigorously and toughly, without any exceptions.’
‘However, Britain and the US may struggle to persuade the other three permanent members of the Security Council - France, Russia and China - not to use their vetoes to block such a toughly worded resolution.’
‘As I have indicated, there is widespread ignorance of penal affairs, and talking toughly about crime and its punishment is a good way to appeal, through that ignorance, to the illiberal and the reactionary.’
‘But what is so gripping is the way she ages in the course of this film, changing, by the time we reach its harrowing finale, into the toughly self-reliant and sexy take-charge woman who defined her subsequent roles.’
‘The need to react toughly against those who were harbouring terrorists, as well as against the terrorists themselves, was widely understood.’
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