the hard core of the opposition
The hard core in the party make all the decisions.
He has a hard core of support among white racists.
A hard core of drivers ignores the law.
A peach is soft inside and has a hard core in its centre.
It's really only the hard core that bother(s) to go to meetings.
We've got a hard core of customers that have stood by us.
If you don't have the hard core content there, you're not going to keep the casual player.
"There is a hard core of people who support this politician, but most think that he is dishonest."
We lope to be able to change the regulations despite a hard core of objectors who want to leave things as they are.
Yes, we did focus on making it accessible to casual gamers, but we did provide a lot of hard core content.