Example sentences of "be hard for [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be hard for western activists to take , but it is our highest purpose : to know God and to enjoy him forever . |
| 2 | Furthermore , because of the uncompromising nature of the posthumously-published works , it will probably always be hard for most readers to understand them except after reading The Lord of the Rings . |
| 3 | This is of particular importance in an industry in which it is hard for new entrants to establish themselves , in view of the high costs of entry into the market . |
| 4 | It is hard for foster parents to cope with very demanding and disturbed children and no less hard to part with them once they have learnt to love them . |
| 5 | These data suggest that there is a durable core of banks and securities houses whose position is hard for other banks to challenge . |
| 6 | It is as though Lawrence was acknowledging that it is hard for human beings to say what they feel and that we often have to search for the form of words before we can find the words themselves . |
| 7 | It is hard for some owners to accept that this noise means ‘ I am inoffensive ’ rather than ‘ I am content ’ , but the fact is that inoffensiveness is the only condition to explain all the different contexts in which the purr occurs . |
| 8 | This is hard for some owners to accept , because they have such respect for their feline companions . |
| 9 | Because it was hard for young refugees to find decently paid jobs ( all else being equal , refugee status was a disqualification in the eyes of most employers ) , they were frequently in debt . |