Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it [be] hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | SEVEN years is a long sentence but it is hardly long enough for Dr Tom Courtney . |
| 4 | She could sympathize with his chagrin but it was hardly enough to keep him awake at night . |
| 5 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
| 6 | And the communication that does exist between schools and parents , in most schools there 's , there is plenty of communication but it 's hardly ever about the curriculum . |
| 7 | The annual rowing contest between the two ancient universities was a great London event with many ordinary families taking sides and wearing favours but it was hardly a matter of ‘ national ’ concern until the BBC included the Boat Race in the select band of truly British events . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |