adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a hard-nosed negotiator
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Breeding programs for apes are a failure, and even hard-nosed experimenters will be turning the tide.
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For some one who worked in what she believed to be such a hard-nosed profession he retained a sensitive streak.
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Holbrooke has a justified reputation as a hard-nosed negotiator.
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Or the hard-nosed , insistent, tough approach.
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Philadelphia, which has a reputation for manufacturing tough, hard-nosed fighters.
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The book is certainly authoritative but may well daunt the uncommitted reader by its relentlessly hard-nosed factuality.
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There will no hard-nosed trade negotiations on this trip.
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To be very hard-nosed there is also a vested interest in running an efficient information service for a band.