Or whether you take a very hard line against them to try to force changes coming in from below within the government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

"Here you are facing a very hardened sort of fighters, who are die-hard,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

It is not an easy task,she said. "This is going to be a very hard act for him to pursue, particularly when there is very, very deep hostility to the United States and to the West more generally in Pakistan."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Clay becomes very hard when it is put in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

This means that you can rise above your problems if you have a goal and work very hard.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

He was also known as a very aggressive hitter, swinging hard and fast at almost any ball.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

By the time she was seventeen, Marilyn was trying very hard to be a movie actress.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Mary Cassatt worked very hard and was a good student.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

She worked very hard at becoming a good writer.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

On the other hand, if you choose not to be very motivated, not to be very responsible, not to be prepared to work very hard, you probably won't get a good education."

VOA: special.2009.12.03

"It is very hard to be a beacon for others, when you are constantly at war.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

So for the locals it is very hard to start a business there.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"In terms of access to Iranians, particularly that generation of Iranians in their 30s, is very hard to get to, and this is,in many ways, a win for the U.S.."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13