It was to be the toughest group in the competition, with many of the matches being very close.

And it may be a tough group to persuade.

I knew they were going to be a tough group to slow down.

The children, she said, are doing fine for the most part, and the parents as well appear "to be a tough group of people."

"It's a tough group of guys over there in that locker room."

Yet if you look at what we've done, not only have we qualified from a tough group but it was the travel as well.

The team that is able to stay motivated when it ventures out of this tough group will win the division.

As a result, it is a tough group for an outsider to crack.

"I'd like to say congratulations to our leader for holding a tough group of folks together."

"You get to be a superstar by doing what she did, which is going before a tough group of potential critics."