strike a hard bargain

"Besides, if I don't try to strike a hard bargain, that too would be remembered.

That might make the Romanian authorities look to strike a harder bargain when negotiating the terms of the deal.

Government could issue bonds, he says, and finance them by striking a hard bargain with the Yankees - certainly one tougher than the current agreement.

She had struck a hard bargain.

"The Iraqis will strike a hard bargain."

In the politics of the new Libya, Misrata is striking a hard bargain.

Mammoth Camp strikes a hard bargain."

"Mr. Fernwright," the Secretary said, "you strike a hard bargain.

And although the souk's vendors still bartered, they were far less inclined to strike a hard bargain (though, touched by their plight, neither was I).

But she has struck a hard bargain - the morning fudge bar - aware of her mother's anxiety about the long day that lies ahead at the center.

Hannah demanded, 'You strike a hard bargain, Mrs Solomons.'

And here, the right-wing ideologue who insisted that he knew how to strike a hard bargain with the Arabs quickly found himself stiffed and outmaneuvered by them.

Henry struck a hard bargain in purchasing the New Zealand Perpetual Forests assets and was made the chairman and managing director of the new company for his efforts.

This wised-up, tough-talking babe, who strikes a hard bargain to ensure she gets her share of the loot, is the movie's most original and engaging character and the only one who seems remotely connected to today's youth culture.

The fact that she did not respond today to the Queen's call for a divorce - her lawyers were reported to be studying the Queen's letter - was seen by commentators here as a sign that she will strike a hard bargain.

Strengthened by its showing in Milan and Turin, where its candidates polled almost 10 percent, the Communist Refounding leaders said today that they would strike a hard bargain for their support for Olive Tree candidates in the runoffs.

The MoD is believed to have struck a hard bargain - at somewhere between £120 million and £130 million a ship - with Swan Hunter winning the work against 'keen and commercial' competition from Yarrows on Clydeside and Cammell Laird on Merseyside.