Example sentences of "hard of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're gon na take it to the extreme , the whole cahuna , ’ says Kool-Tee , who in real life is noticeably hard of hair . |
| 2 | In fact , people think being hard of hearing is funny , or being short-sighted . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you sure the Bach would n't be more suitable Dmitri ? ’ replied the cellist , who was hard of hearing . |
| 4 | Was she hard of hearing ? |
| 5 | In addition to his other troubles , Jackie had gone a bit hard of hearing . |
| 6 | ‘ Is it your impression that Philip Swallow is a bit hard of hearing ? ’ she asks him . |
| 7 | One third of those over 65 and one half of those over 80 are hard of hearing . |
| 8 | There were seven soldiers of the Grand Army , including two officers , Captain Moreau and Lieutenant Lapointe : three elderly and apparently permanent residents , consisting of a Widow Geller , her unobtrusive companion , and an old man called Stern , who was hard of hearing : and finally , Fräulein Müller . |
| 9 | If the person is hard of hearing , they may need to lip-read your words , so move your lips naturally and keep your face visible ! |
| 10 | The Old Testament prophets knew the impossibility of making any impression on those who were stiff-necked and hard of heart ( Isa. 6:9 , 10 ; 29:10 ) . |
| 11 | A trial run approach has been suggested particularly where it is suspected the person is hard of hearing ( Deeping , 1979 ) . |
| 12 | DAN BAIRD : ‘ Love Songs For The Hard Of Hearing ’ former Georgia Satellites guitarist issues guttural R&B solo debut |
| 13 | The lack of social workers trained in the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people also presents SSDs with a ‘ massive ’ task in upholding users ' rights , says the report . |
| 14 | Some areas of study are so hard of definition that they seem to evade all attempts to summarise them . |
| 15 | The terms ‘ physically disabled ’ and ‘ physically handicapped ’ cover people with a wide range of disabilities : the blind and partially sighted , the deaf and hard of hearing , people with congenital deformities , those who have suffered serious injury , those who suffer from crippling diseases such as arthritis , tuberculosis , ‘ organic nervous disorders ’ , and so on . |
| 16 | If you know in advance that some people are hard of hearing you can seat them accordingly . |
| 17 | By this time the BDDA was one of four major national organisations concerned with deafness , and the others the Royal National Institute for the Deaf ( RNID ) , the British Association for the Hard of Hearing ( BAHOH ) and the National Deaf Children 's Society ( NDCS ) — were all based in London near " the corridors of power " . |
| 18 | The " British Association for the Hard of Hearing " was founded by the Deaf with speech . |
| 19 | The following year this admirable initiative of Sir Keith led to the establishment of the " Panel of Four " , consisting of the BDA , the Royal National Institute for the Deaf ( RNID ) the National Deaf Children 's Society ( NDCS ) and the British Association for the Hard of Hearing ( BAHOH ) . |
| 20 | 4 The Sympathetic Hearing Scheme , which started as a joint effort by the Panel of Four and is now administered by the British Association for the Hard of Hearing ( BAHOH ) . |
| 21 | The " car sticker " for display in shops symbol of the scheme is a and service industries wherever staff have been trained to communicate with people who are hard of hearing The BDA 's particular contribution to the scheme was the production of an audio visual awareness programme for use in training . |
| 22 | " We 're most of us a bit hard of hearing in here , dear , " said the knitter . |
| 23 | The old Annamese , possibly hard of hearing , gazed unblinkingly into the distance above his head for a moment then turned and shuffled away , but his son nodded gravely . |
| 24 | This service is intended for people who are hard of hearing but it could also help language learners follow the programme . ) |
| 25 | For the Hard of Hearing |
| 26 | Viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing will be getting a new service from Central next week . |
| 27 | Central News South was the first regional news programme in Britain to experiment with sub-titles for the deaf and hard of hearing last January . |
| 28 | It 's all part of a commitment by Central to subtitle as many programmes as possible and has been welcomed by campaigners for an improved service for the deaf and hard of hearing . |
| 29 | ACTIONS will be speaking louder than words at a high-tech exhibition for the deaf and hard of hearing in Belfast . |
| 30 | The Royal National Institute for Deaf People Roadshow will feature the revolutionary ‘ Typetalk ’ communications system , which allows deaf and hard of hearing people to use the telephone for the first time . |