Example sentences of "hard not to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be hard not to be . |
| 2 | But , throughout it all , it is hard not to be reminded of the debt owed , yet again , to Carole King . |
| 3 | Small wonder that only four months after the Berlin Wall came down East German satirists are finding it hard not to be outdone by reality . |
| 4 | Burton may well have been stained by those prejudices — it would have been hard not to be : and once again it is important to understand the circumstances in which he found himself . |
| 5 | If one takes the not inconsiderable trouble of following his analysis right the way through , it is hard not to be impressed by the picture he draws of an intricate network of equivalences and contrasts , corresponding to the different possible metrical divisions in the poem , and layered one upon the other in a kind of elaborate verbal counterpoint . |
| 6 | Knowing the circumstances under which it was written , it is hard not to be moved by the urgency , intricacy , skill and spacious breadth of this extraordinary work . |
| 7 | He says it 's upsetting seeing children on the side of the road begging for sweets or any item , it 's hard not to be affected |