Example sentences of "hard for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It produces no smoke , and its heat output is so controlled that it is not much warmer than the surrounding air and therefore hard for infra-red devices to detect . |
| 2 | In these circumstances it may be hard for other people to believe that the governors ' proceedings can be as fair as they should be . |
| 3 | These data suggest that there is a durable core of banks and securities houses whose position is hard for other banks to challenge . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Of course the Lloyds building is hard for many people to swallow . |
| 6 | It is hard for many biologists e en to see that there is a question here at all . |
| 7 | ‘ Times were hard for many people . |
| 8 | The clock has been turned back , a tide of educational change stemmed , and it is hard for many teachers not to feel despondent . |
| 9 | Life must have been very hard for many of these poor women . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it was hard for Mauve to guide him , it was equally hard for him to be guided ‘ strictly ’ . |
| 12 | This is hard for proud people . |
| 13 | ( The more lenders there are competing for the same customers , the hard for each has to work to attract a given number of customers — and an obvious way of attracting customers is by cutting rates . ) |
| 14 | You worked hard for that , you did n't get any points . |
| 15 | It 's very hard for young people in your position . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then he added that times were hard for small farmers and told me not to be in a hurry to send in the account . ’ |
| 18 | It is hard for black youngsters , growing up in poor areas where few people have jobs , to see that ‘ making it ’ requires hard work and discipline . |
| 19 | This may be hard for western activists to take , but it is our highest purpose : to know God and to enjoy him forever . |
| 20 | Finding a publisher is hard for all writers and we know from the letters and diaries of writers as important as Gerard Manley Hopkins , Joseph Conrad and Hermann Melville how painful it is when the writing will not come . |
| 21 | Which you could turn you could legitimately turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard for all this support ? |
| 22 | Newcastle will fight just as hard for relegation-safety points as the Midlands team will for promotion . |
| 23 | CARDINAL : The fair Quaker will be too hard for half a dozen antagonists . |
| 24 | A decision that is easy for one group may be hard for another — not just because of different circumstances but because of different motivations . |
| 25 | I felt after working hard for twenty seven years I felt it was a shame . |
| 26 | Times are hard for British business — ask anyone . |
| 27 | It is perhaps hard for twentieth-century man , accustomed to consult maps for any journey , to realize how limited even an intelligent man 's knowledge might be , and how gaps in his information could well be filled by colourful and confused imagination . |
| 28 | Times are hard for chartered architects who sometimes ask ‘ What does the Institute do for me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It was hard for both of us , ’ Julie remembers . |
| 30 | It was hard for both of them . |