Such dedication is admirable, but the relentlessness of it, the unendingly hard slog - is that a good thing?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The first is to build a stronger appetite within the public sector for the hard slog of making change a reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But this book recounts the long hard slog that got him there.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But there will be more hard slog.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And now the hard slog is paying off.
The Sun (2011)