Lacking government support and a ready-made market, these factories have had a somewhat tougher time.

The judges were made of somewhat tougher fabric.

This year's race is regarded as somewhat tougher than last year's, which was the most difficult in at least a decade.

Mr. Silver's proposal would represent a somewhat tougher policy than currently exists.

Somewhat tougher in their staying power are the bedding violas.

Fortunately the ladies of old were, like those of his own time, somewhat tougher and more capable than he ever gave them credit for being.

Her body is somewhat tougher and more resistant to certain kinds of injury than those of humans.

Since the late 1990s, Ireland has had somewhat tougher development requirements.

Meanwhile, the other squad, which admittedly had the somewhat tougher job of finding the first, got itself lost even more thoroughly than the first.

It was quite clear during this process that the first hours and days of the debate were somewhat tougher because this was new subject matter.