hard yards

Example Sentences

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"We are here to make waves, not ripples. Our Committee Members have been putting in the hard yards over these past nine-months and the surge in interest leading to concrete set-up events and firm commitments is tremendous to see. We have much positive news in the pipeline and during our panel discussion we'll announce three examples representing buy-in with national governments, global scientific institutions and large membership-led organizations."

From Science Daily

"Now we can start hard yards and finding a way forward on security in the Arctic," said the prime minister.

From BBC

"Now we can start hard yards and finding a way forward on security in the Arctic, which may seem a long way away, pretty remote, but actually it does matter to all of us in terms of the safety and security of our country," he said.

From BBC

"We talk a lot about doing the hard yards and sometimes at this level you can beat teams through persistence and put the effort in that maybe other teams won't."

From Barron's

These epic trips could be made easier by success - the prospect of glory making the hard yards feel a little lighter.

From BBC