An exacting job. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An exacting instructor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an exacting teacher. ,an exacting task. From Dictionary.com.
So after three months of wanking about people who want to exact a price, we’ve decided that price-exacting is a good thing?. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » It Won’t Stop Until Someone (Besides the Taxpayers) Pays a Price] Reference
One of the most "exacting" or “scientific” methods of determination is perhaps by a mother's cry. From Wordnik.com. [A mother's cry] Reference
Realistically, it is hard to imagine how a large number could be given the kind of exacting attention that Shams is receiving. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
The criminal free-for-all is exacting a heavy toll. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Breed Of Bandit] Reference
The economy is exacting a painful toll on the auto industry. From Wordnik.com. [Is Chrysler shutting down a dealer near you?] Reference
Developing standards can be an exacting and tedious process. From Wordnik.com. [Safety standards for juvenile products under scrutiny] Reference
In Japan itself, relentless expansion is finally exacting a price. From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Weather Ahead] Reference
Rules for this program are exacting and differ from state to state. From Wordnik.com. [Health-Care Savings Series—Day 10: Take advantage of condition-based programs] Reference
Marceaux has exacting standards for flags, and he will not compromise. From Wordnik.com. [Basil Marceaux Stars In Bizarre Gubernatorial Debate (VIDEO)] Reference
It would also mean being more exacting about who deserves government help. From Wordnik.com. [What Limits?] Reference
This is an exacting standard that politicians of both parties would gladly evade. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich And Everyone Else] Reference
Not even top-level intervention could stop RAWA from exacting a bloodthirsty revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge: Not Much Mercy For Murder] Reference
He maintains exacting standards for both himself and his teammates and will blister offenders. From Wordnik.com. [Raging Bulls] Reference
But fatherhood is by far the most common test of selflessness, and in some ways the most exacting. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
He has proved his talent as a player, but can he show his mettle in the sport's most exacting moment?. From Wordnik.com. [Why Whistling Straits is a course to make Tiger Woods wince] Reference
Mr Han commands not just the exacting physical skills on which success depends, but also mental moxie. From Wordnik.com. [The Karate Kid betrays America's fear of China] Reference
Patient, persistent, exacting and precise, Al-Tamimi has all the virtues of an accomplished technocrat. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Hizzoner the Mayor] Reference
Smith combined a lofty vision of a decent society with an exacting analysis of the means of attaining it. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Of Adam Smith] Reference
Every time John perceives that he is failing to live up to his exacting standards, he criticizes himself. From Wordnik.com. [Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.: How Much Guilt Is Too Much?] Reference
And that's most definitely a good thing, even if Snow Leopard isn't up to Steve Jobs's exacting standards. From Wordnik.com. [Will Apple Stumble With Snow Leopard?] Reference
He was also a very exacting client, who took a hands-on role in shaping the realization of his material desires. From Wordnik.com. [There’s Nothing Else Like It In The World] Reference
I saw a side of him that I'd never seen because he was directing this particular play, and he was very exacting. From Wordnik.com. [‘He Could Write Anywhere’] Reference
I relish this coupe's exacting steering, confident handling and new smooth-shifting six-speed automatic gearbox. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test] Reference
Sikka is skilled at working around pet likes and dislikes, providing a meal that meets the most exacting criteria. From Wordnik.com. [There’s Nothing Else Like It In The World] Reference
A scientist who measures, surveys, appraises and weighs his mind before crafting eloquent and exacting lab reports. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Evans: The Real Horned Man: Exploring the Genius of Author James Lasdun] Reference
Consumer Reports is deeply involved in the reputation economy, though we rely on measures more exacting than karma. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Reputation Economy] Reference
The true crisis, however, is on the mainland, where escalating civil strife is exacting a dramatic humanitarian toll. From Wordnik.com. [No Man’s Land] Reference
After Dahl's death, Liccy took over his estate, and has exercised exacting control over film adaptations of his work. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN CANE] Reference
They will take students with virtually no formal education at all -- if they pass their very exacting entrance audition. From Wordnik.com. [THE AUSSIES TAKE HOLLYWOOD] Reference
Last week Gingrich and Dole agreed to avert a third government shutdown, exacting no real concessions from the Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [So If Hardball Doesn't Work, What's Our Plan B?] Reference
As with every great critic, you learn more from his exacting analyses when you disagree with Clurman than when you agree. From Wordnik.com. [Showbiz: Clurman Takes The Stage] Reference
Yet his exacting Calvinist thirst for perfection led him to reject U.S. membership in a less-than-perfect League of Nations. From Wordnik.com. [Finding God] Reference
A thesis show of this scope needs the viewer to believe pictures were excluded after failing to support an exacting argument. From Wordnik.com. [What the Camera Wrought] Reference
While the trees are tightly spaced and thus more dangerous in expert glades, intermediate trails allow for less exacting turns. From Wordnik.com. [Travel: Splendor In The Trees] Reference
Baseballs are now made in Costa Rica for the Rawlings company which stoutly denies that its exacting specifications have changed. From Wordnik.com. [A Stupendous Mystery] Reference
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