Example sentences of "it is hardly [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence it is hardly probable that a group of remarks about the first four groups could place any restriction on the nature of the two later groups , and thus there is a lot of room for an invalidating counter-example to the principle of closure . |
| 2 | It is hardly surprising that a passage of Ovid is described in his Notes as ‘ of great anthropological interest ’ . |
| 3 | It is hardly surprising that a number of commentators wish to see an agreement with the banks on what assurances they can give , before the ED becomes a standard . |
| 4 | With electronic aids to navigation proliferating on small boats of all kinds and technology advancing on all fronts it is hardly surprising that a revised second edition of this volume has been required only three years after first publication . |
| 5 | It is hardly surprising that a tiny minority of the signatories are now beginning to say , ’ We will not do what the treaty calls upon us to do ; we will do what the United Kingdom does . ’ |
| 6 | Reading section 4 of the Act with the other relevant interpretative sections , it is hardly surprising that a number of people connected with the children 's hearing system saw the Act as a major handicap to their work . |
| 7 | It is hardly likely that a vicious thug will wait politely while we ring the police . |
| 8 | It is hardly likely that a local authority would grant permission for a development against which it had served an enforcement notice , but it could , of course , attach conditions ; and for the owner there is the usual right of appeal . |