(1) It is this very attention to detail that gives Miquel such a grasp of the businesses he runs, but also leads critics to describe him as difficult, a hard taskmaster and obsessive.(2) he was a hard taskmaster(3) It involves hard choices and you have to be a hard taskmaster .(4) Martin, the course director, is something of a harsh taskmaster when he wants to be.(5) I'm a hard taskmaster and there is still room for improvement.(6) Renowned as a hard taskmaster who drives his charges to the limit, he admits to being a straight-talking sort who fell out with the rulers of amateur boxing in his native country.(7) Soden has been portrayed in some quarters as a hard taskmaster who doesn't suffer fools gladly.(8) He is said by colleagues to be a hard taskmaster who does not tolerate failure.(9) But history is a hard taskmaster and she has also bequeathed to us all the problems arising from the defeats and betrayals of the socialist revolution in the twentieth century.(10) We object to the portrayal of Jesus as a demanding taskmaster who will send us to hell if we fail to live as faithful Christians.(11) She's quite a hard taskmaster : everything has to be just right.(12) He was my first guru and was a hard taskmaster , adamant about me getting the basics of my training in Carnatic music right.(13) Not only is it a hard taskmaster , insatiable in the demands it makes on its followers, it often saves the best till last.(14) And he is a hard taskmaster where science is concerned.(15) The novel and the film tell the story of a piano instructor, Erika, a demanding taskmaster who embarks on a dramatic affair with a younger music student.(16) He seemed a hard taskmaster , but he did it all for what he saw to be the ultimate good.
