Example sentences of "this can hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can hardly be described as sisterly behaviour . |
| 2 | This can hardly have been the enlightening effect of reason and liberty since in France the outcome of the same ideals was the triumph of the guillotine . |
| 3 | Recently published Dataquest figures indicate a potential market size of $300 million by 1990 but with less that a year of history to go on this can hardly be taken as anything more than a guideline . |
| 4 | Two main types exist ; thermal and electrostatic although there are other categories such as the laser — although this can hardly be classified as low-cost ! |
| 5 | In fact , this can hardly be done in many cases because the animals concerned are nocturnal or are very well camouflaged ; but the stiffly mounted corpse on its studio stump , so characteristic of the eighteenth century , soon came to look dated . |
| 6 | This can hardly be said for composers such as Webern , whose fifty-odd songs have accompaniments which are almost undistinguishable one from another and are certainly unmemorable . |
| 7 | This can hardly make for distinguished results . ) |
| 8 | But this can hardly be our fault when we consider how Milton manages , with or without intention , to build up a wonderfully vivid and intriguing portrait of Satan and offers little else to give any sense of decent , moral , proportion . |
| 9 | This can hardly do much damage . |
| 10 | This can hardly be compatible with the Prime Minister 's stated aim of a classless society — quite the opposite in fact . |
| 11 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |
| 12 | This can hardly be to deny the emperor 's gift but is certainly the action of a realist , to whom arguments from later , and perhaps what was seen to be better , evidence , are important . |
| 13 | If competition generated raw aggression resulting in defeat or death this can hardly be seen as assisting fitness maximisation . |
| 14 | Although the rebels ' demands for personal freedom are conspicuous in the chronicles , this can hardly have been the main motive of the Kentishmen , one of the most prominent groups among the peasants , because in Kent there was no serfdom . |
| 15 | Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved . |
| 16 | Mention has already been made of the eight-petalled rosette , and its appearance in at least two of the small , tangent squares in North Hill , mosaic B ; but this can hardly be considered an important association . |
| 17 | If all the cases that attract attention , because they are argued in important appellate courts before public scrutiny , are occasions on which judges are scrupulous in denying that they are serving the goal of protected expectations through their decisions , this can hardly do much to reinforce the public 's faith in that ideal . |