Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] hard [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one of those channels where it 's hard to find a bad sound ; everything set on 5 is about right , full-bodied but still jangly , exactly how it should be . |
| 2 | Today no such evidence is needed as the matter was settled in favour of the mechanical explanation , although it is hard to envisage any human attempt to produce the resonant sound from a branch with any contraption without a strong amplifier . |
| 3 | Technically she might also refuse a request for a dissolution , although it is hard to imagine her ever doing so . |
| 4 | After all , I will go there one day , although it is hard to equate all my trivial daily preoccupations with such blanket decomposition . |
| 5 | The breeding , rearing , or fattening of beef cattle can be viable in the right conditions , although it is hard to make a profit on a very small scale . |
| 6 | The original , although it is hard to believe from the fragile beauty of the copy , represented a boy boxer , Cyniscus of Mantineia , whose feats were commemorated in a bronze statue set up in the sanctuary at Olympia . |
| 7 | The broker reckons although it is hard to fault Sainsbury 's performance in tough economic conditions , the rating discrepancy between it and its peers in the food sector is so great that Sainsbury 's obvious merits are discounted . |
| 8 | This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases , although it is hard to prove . |
| 9 | Now the camera begins to move down her body , over her breasts , which are lightly beaded ( and quite widely separated ) although it is hard to tell in the chiaroscuro created , as we are soon to find out , by the shutters of the apartment . |
| 10 | Although it is hard to know how valid these comparisons are , it is clear that ordinary people in Britain have far more possessions and assets than they did in 1911 . |
| 11 | For example , the amount of the Sun 's light reaching the Earth is reduced at such times , although it is hard to guess whether or not this would be significant . |
| 12 | ’ Family commitments , possibly , ’ said Tom , ’ although it 's hard to see how she could fit any in , the hours she works . |
| 13 | He is closely connected to both the lovers so , in this book too , we have a chance to see the situation from both sides , although it 's harder to get involved with the main characters and really understand their thoughts , feelings and motivations . |
| 14 | Hopkins played nicely to the crowds too , although it was hard to figure out if it was conscious manipulation or the unconscious product of his enthusiasm . |
| 15 | He always could pull them in , although it was hard to figure out how he did it . |
| 16 | HOLIDAY MONEY There are now so many ways holidaymakers can take money abroad that it 's hard to decide which is best |
| 17 | So much has been written about this band , their every move painstakingly analysed , that it 's hard to add any startling insight , any new interpretation to the minutiae of Shaun 's behaviour . |
| 18 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 19 | Wright confessed : ‘ When the ball goes in like that it 's hard to contain yourself . |
| 20 | Furthermore , it makes the document so much more ‘ professional ’ that it 's hard to think of another single step that can such benefits . |
| 21 | There are so many exciting things happening at church these days that it 's hard to keep up with events . |
| 22 | Well er , you ca n't say that it 's hard to understand because I 'm a Londoner and |
| 23 | A sign of the country 's plight is that it is hard to say which would be the better investment . |
| 24 | Yet these define their ‘ membership ’ in such different ways that it is hard to draw conclusions from their figures . |
| 25 | However , evidence regarding the latter , which is more plentiful than that on family violence , shows that it is hard to draw clear lines of demarcation between different sections of the working class . |
| 26 | The opportunities opened up by the technical innovations are so large and exciting that it is hard to grasp the full extent of the change . |
| 27 | These beautifully coloured amphibians , usually less than 2 inches long , carry in their skin-glands a poison so powerful that it is hard to describe its strength . |
| 28 | There is , indeed , so much vigour in the playing that it is hard to credit him with the age the dictionaries seem to agree on ( he was six months short of his 75th birthday when he made these recordings ) . |
| 29 | Transport generally , and cars in particular , is such a huge business that it is hard to see its growth being checked without serious economic consequences . |
| 30 | The USA has imported some really excellent dogs , so many in fact that it is hard to see why the constant influx of new blood is required . |