Example sentences of "[pron] be hard [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a career spanning seventeen years and almost as many albums , it 's hard to deny that Motorhead have earned a bit of a breather , but those that feared the sun and the swimming pools of their self-imposed LA exile might dilute the band 's full-on thrust can finally rest easy . |
| 2 | It 's hard to think that these 2 teams are next to each other in the league . |
| 3 | Down in the corrie , two sparkling blue-green lochans perch beneath the steep cliffs , and it 's hard to imagine that just over the next two gullies , people in golf jumpers are tucking into sticky buns . |
| 4 | It 's hard to imagine that the smart two-seater started out as a Triumph Herald which failed its MoT . |
| 5 | It 's hard to believe that a car as heavy as the SL can generate such massive grip , yet retain an admirably accomplished ride . |
| 6 | With a new film , The Hard Way , now showing at the cinema , it 's hard to believe that Michael J Fox resolved last year to give up being a film star and spend more time with his wife , Tracy Pollan , and their son , Sam , who 's three this week . |
| 7 | It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better . |
| 8 | But nowadays there 's more elbow room and less cigar smoke — and the shrewder restaurateurs have set out to replace their lost business regulars by constructing lunch menus that are brief , light and designed to show off the chef 's talents rather than the customer 's credit rating ; it 's hard to believe that anyone can produce a good meal so cheaply . |
| 9 | The apartments are set against a mountain backdrop and the views are superb ; it 's hard to believe that the discos , lively bars and general hustle of Benitses are only a five to ten minute walk away . |
| 10 | It 's hard to believe that he started painting in World War Two and is still painting today . |
| 11 | His account of the Italian is sheer joy from beginning to end , and it 's hard to believe that he was almost 87 . |
| 12 | With talk of a series of stand alone shops it 's hard to believe that the idea is n't to rival Marks . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's hard to believe that I could have spent two whole years walking round with blinkers on . |
| 14 | The ideological points are still there but it 's hard to believe that totalitarian regimentation could be so tight . |
| 15 | Suave and sophisticated at 60 , it 's hard to believe that it 's 23 years since he first wooed a generation with Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head . |
| 16 | It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's hard to believe that anyone would go to such lengths , is n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | Playing in a park in Northampton this afternoon , it 's hard to believe that 6 year old Natalie Hill is desperately sick . |
| 19 | And it 's hard to believe that just four months ago he underwent surgery to have an artificial knee and a steel plate put into his leg . |
| 20 | To see them together now it 's hard to believe that less than six months ago Tanya ’ Pret chen ska ’ from Russia thought of giving up her baby . |
| 21 | Now it 's hard to believe that half a century ago piped water , sewerage and bathrooms complete with toilet and bath were luxuries many did n't have . |
| 22 | IT 'S hard to believe that Damon Hill is still in his first full season of Formula One . |
| 23 | Striding over this beautiful coastline , it 's hard to believe that Belfast and its atrocities is just an hour 's drive away . |
| 24 | It 's hard to accept that the people we care for may not feel the same way about us . |
| 25 | There is no reason to suspect Tribonian of pontifical predilections , so it is hard to suppose that this is an interpolation . |
| 26 | Today it is hard to realise that the canal was the late eighteenth-century equivalent to the M1 , which lies five miles away to the east . |
| 27 | On these occasions , it is hard to realise that not so very far away , industry and commerce are hard at work . |
| 28 | The simultaneous withdrawal of the state from regulative intervention in labour matters clearly advantaged employers and it is hard to deny that all this amounted to class legislation . |
| 29 | He had my lord 's entire confidence — indeed it is hard to credit that anyone could change so radically as has my uncle . ’ |
| 30 | It may be that some hereditary peers are well worth a place , but it is also true that some who are not hereditary peers are equally deserving and it is hard to argue that they should not be considered on their merits on the same basis , with life peerages being conferred on those most suitable . |