Example sentences of "hard [to-vb] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 As Queen Victoria rises from her throne to address the audience it is hard to believe that it is not real flesh and blood !
2 The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War .
3 Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice .
4 It is sometimes hard to get but it is there .
5 He 's trying too hard to please and it 's not a nice sight .
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