Example sentences of "[adv] hard [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man sits alone on a bus seat , desperate for the comfort of someone , or even a young female semi-innocent , to sit beside him , but trying so hard to look like he 's not caring and actually scaring everyone off . |
| 2 | But the process is not so hard to understand once it is remembered that nationalism is a political emotion that was not often felt before the old feudal leaders of countries outside Europe had been conquered and replaced by Europeans . |
| 3 | It is far harder to argue that it is fair to create an electoral system that will put the centre parties into a governmental position where they will be likely to hold an almost permanent balance of power between Labour and Conservative . |
| 4 | These questions are so plainly hard to answer that it is worth pausing to consider why they have not had more effect on the development of International Relations theories . |
| 5 | It is sometimes hard to get but it is there . |
| 6 | ‘ And the sad thing is , it 's a habit very hard to break because he 's always so damned competent — and we all in our various ways expect his uncomplaining support . |
| 7 | He 's trying too hard to please and it 's not a nice sight . |