Example sentences of "[coord] it is hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add this to the state of the economy — production down , unemployment up and interest rates still high — and it is hardly surprising that he is deeply unpopular . |
| 2 | We 've all seen pictures of Page 3 girls and pornographic images of women showing the female body in a constantly inviting , sexual way just walking into a newsagent 's on a Sunday morning often means you are surrounded by them ) and it is hardly surprising if girls themselves , as well as men , sometimes feel confused ; believing that girls might ‘ want ’ to be raped , or are asking for trouble , if they dress up to go out , or behave independently by going out or walking home alone . |
| 3 | The image was well established ; and it is hardly surprising that when , in 1521 , the canny and obsessively fair-minded scholar John Major produced his book entitled A History of Greater Britain , in which he argued that better relations with England would make good sense , for political and economic reasons , the plea fell on ears deafened by the awareness that a little nation had fought off a monster by courage and tenacity . |
| 4 | EASTER weekend is one of the busiest days of the year in such job-starved places as St Ives , Newquay and Falmouth and it is hardly any quieter in Blackpool , Southport and Morecambe . |
| 5 | They represented what T. S. Eliot was to call ‘ the happy combination of privilege and opportunity ’ , and it is hardly surprising if many older people now look back on them with gratitude ( which is justified ) and a regretful nostalgia ( which , I shall argue , is not ) . |
| 6 | The knights were never more than one arm of any fighting force ; and it is hardly likely that any force of knights was ever recruited entirely by ‘ feudal ’ means . |
| 7 | Already , and it is hardly May , I have wandered down to the County Ground at Taunton to see old chums , and some not so old , and to see if I any longer belong . |
| 8 | We are at the Red Flag stage with IT , and it is hardly possible to anticipate how the future will work out . |
| 9 | A painful mouth will never be a responsive one and it is hardly surprising that the horse will try to evade the bit . |
| 10 | Obviously Wordsworth 's performance in his studies at school must have been outstanding for him to have started off at Cambridge with such a lead , and it is hardly surprising that in the college examination in 1787 he was placed in the first class . |
| 11 | These distortions are the very essence of prejudice , and it is hardly surprising that conflict with Peter had arisen . |
| 12 | And it is hardly a coincidence that women here are on the negative side of the comparison . |
| 13 | In other ages that had been the task of the Church , and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that , for some in the 1950s , criticism was an organised religion . |
| 14 | It is a gradual process of which there will be intermediate phases and it is hardly surprising that in such instances we will be uncertain whether or not to admit that the infant has made the grade . |
| 15 | These permanent passes are vitally important to the security of the Empire , and it is hardly surprising that fortresses guard these strategic points . |
| 16 | These financial burdens are magnified in the absence of other important sources of finance , and it is hardly surprising to find 99 per cent of the total number of firms going bankrupt located in the small firm sector . |
| 17 | Koreans serving in the police force were often extremely brutal in their conduct and it is hardly surprising that they were a target for revenge after the termination of Japanese rule ; many of them served under the American occupation and in South Korea from 1948 and vengeance continued to be taken at periodic intervals for years to come . |
| 18 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 19 | By the time amber had reached the head of the Adriatic it was readily accessible by sea and it is hardly surprising that Kakovatos on the west coast of the Peloponnese should have yielded the richest find of amber from this period in Greece . |
| 20 | It is also relevant to point out that the upper limit for Band G is £250,000 , and it is hardly fair to bracket our properties with properties of that kind of value . |
| 21 | But it is hardly possible to reconcile this with the claim of the constitution in Article 2 that the new state was the legitimate means of government for the entire island , which included over one million dissenting protestants , forming some 20 per cent of the total population . |
| 22 | That may be an arresting statement , but it is hardly an exaggerated description of what they did . |
| 23 | That is bad for their allies and themselves , but it is hardly new . |
| 24 | The impulse to put safety first is understandable enough , but it is hardly a formula either for dynamism or for originality . |
| 25 | Again , I have seen it said : this is all very interesting but it is hardly new . |
| 26 | ‘ People in trouble are uncomfortable , but it is hardly their choice . ’ |
| 27 | Bull fighting suggests itself as one immediately , but it is hardly rampant in Britain . |
| 28 | The main difficulty there is a severe case of market constipation , but it is hardly surprising that no one is moving : no one can afford to . |
| 29 | SEVEN years is a long sentence but it is hardly long enough for Dr Tom Courtney . |
| 30 | This circuit is meant to be adapted to your specific needs , so rather than call it ‘ The Lakeland Way ’ or anything as horrendous as that , I would rather call it something antiquated like : ‘ Notes Towards a Considered Circular Pedestrian Peregrination Amongst some of the Major Fells and Dales of the County of Cumbria ’ , but it is hardly a working title . |