Example sentences of "it [be] hard [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And almost one more , I think , although it 's hard to be sure out here . |
| 2 | ‘ David Harrison was convinced that he would have won with a clear run and while it 's hard to be definite about that , he would certainly have been placed . ’ |
| 3 | I think it 's hard to be honest with yourself about certain things and I wanted to think that I had no part in the grandiosity of MainMan and a lot of the bad things about MainMan . |
| 4 | I did n't get the role but it 's hard to be bitter when it 's your bum that did n't get the part . ’ |
| 5 | It 's hard to be humble if you 're from Texas — car sticker |
| 6 | It is hard to be inactive when fell-walking , in Michael 's case , and swimming in mine have been among the greatest of pleasures . |
| 7 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 8 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 9 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 10 | But even there it is hard to be sure that there was no ultimate control from the temples . |
| 11 | At some point ( it is hard to be sure when ) we started to move slowly east . |
| 12 | It is hard to be accurate about the ‘ success ’ of the Nicaraguan prison system in reforming offenders and reintegrating them into society . |
| 13 | True or false , it is hard to be depressed at Loch St John 's , particularly if you are a trout fisherman . |
| 14 | With a background such as this it is hard to be optimistic about renewed efforts to achieve consumer success with a medium so firmly rejected by the market . |
| 15 | Of course we all need sufficient to live on — and it is hard to be joyful if those basic needs are not met — but , however trite it may sound , there is much joy to be found in a spring day , the expression on a baby 's face or the touch of a loved one 's hand . |
| 16 | In Berry , where Angevin and Capetian possessions lay intermingled , it was hard to be loyal to one allegiance only . |
| 17 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 18 | Because the hair , too , was black it was hard to be sure that it was not simply matted and dried insects . |
| 19 | It was hard to be sure why she was such an unattractive child . |
| 20 | Even after she had switched off the small lamp beside the bed , so that the room was completely dark , it was hard to be sure if she was really seeing something , or if her eyes were just playing tricks . |