Example sentences of "this can hardly be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If competition generated raw aggression resulting in defeat or death this can hardly be seen as assisting fitness maximisation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This can hardly be described as sisterly behaviour . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | 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 . |