Example sentences of "it be hard for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is hard for them . |
| 32 | It is hard for them to convince the rich countries to make sacrifices on their behalf . |
| 33 | The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter . |
| 34 | It is hard for us to understand how these same principles could have been part of the radical political programme of writers as diverse as Cobbett and Gramsci . ’ |
| 35 | There some of the inhabitants commit some kind of sacrilege which it is hard for us now to decipher . |
| 36 | It is hard for us to communicate back to a horse with body language , but we can simulate some of the horse 's actions . |
| 37 | For though it is hard for us to credit it now , many people believed that if you travelled faster than — say — 30 miles an hour , you might actually burst and be scattered across the railway lines . |
| 38 | The point is not that we in any way deliberately do down the intelligence of animals — although we do this as well — but that it is hard for us to imagine the workings of forms of intelligence that have evolved to cope with environmental circumstances different from our own . |
| 39 | All aspects of education are necessary to develop a whole personality and every child has a whole personality , even if it is hard for us to see this at times . |
| 40 | So much has taken place in so little time , it is hard for us to really grasp the rapid pace of development . |
| 41 | We think that physics is complicated because it is hard for us to understand , and because physics books are full of difficult mathematics . |
| 42 | It is hard for us to comprehend that thousands of students have roamed and studied on ‘ our ’ campus since long before most of us were born . |
| 43 | It is hard for you too . |
| 44 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 45 | She hesitated for a moment , a dim figure in the dark kitchen , distinguished by a brown balloon of a mob-cap and a coarse sacking apron which fell from her neck to her feet like a monstrous bib : it was hard for her to accept defeat . |
| 46 | he was like a terrier , unable to let go in spite of a beating , and it was hard for her not to feel responsible ; because , after all , did n't his persistence show that she 'd come to matter to him , at least a little ? |
| 47 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 48 | In fact , it was hard for her to keep up her end of the conversation . |
| 49 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |
| 50 | He 'd been sitting in the car so long , it was hard for him to run . |
| 51 | It was hard for him to scrape together more than a few coppers at a time . |
| 52 | It was hard for him to catch the words , because the flowerbeds had just been hoed and the birds were raucous in their search for food in the fresh-turned soil . |
| 53 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 54 | His hands were shaking , and it was hard for him to stand in the terrible screaming wind . |
| 55 | In the late Seventies the Ashleys were travelling around so much and had so many different houses that it was hard for them to know where home was . |
| 56 | It was hard for me to leave Spain , where I was very well known and settle in Palm Springs , California , ’ says Jose Higueras , a former Davis Cup player for Spain from 1974 to 1980 . |
| 57 | Pam knew about Rosie , that we 'd done everything together and had n't been split up and that it was hard for me to leave her . |
| 58 | If you think it was hard for me , think what it was like for Gary , the sound technician , who had to sit out front in a box , wired up and WATCH the whole thing seven times a week and twice on Saturdays . |
| 59 | But it was hard for us to see exactly how we had altered , beyond having some rough edges polished off and getting a better focus on some of our ideas and ambitions . |
| 60 | But , with the Cabinet decision and the Chancellor party to it , it was harder for them , and I think we had more success than most other governments in doing this just because I knew the background . |