Example sentences of "he can hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 2 | ‘ He can hardly speak . ’ |
| 3 | He is not articulate and he can hardly write . |
| 4 | Behaving like that , he can hardly be surprised if walkers are tempted to march on to his land in the height of the season playing the bagpipes and accompanied by a 70-strong male voice choir . |
| 5 | But he did advertise his book saying that caves were an exception to the general difficulties , so he can hardly object if that is how his book is judged . |
| 6 | He can hardly live here and work in London . ’ |
| 7 | Assuming that neither the document in question , nor the tests of which its examination formed a part , gave the auditor reason to be put on enquiry , he can hardly be criticised if it subsequently transpires that the document was fraudulently created or used . |
| 8 | How he expected his career to develop when he contracted this marriage is unclear , but he can hardly have supposed that he would be summoned home by the King when Archbishop Warham died , in order to succeed him as Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 9 | He can hardly have been wearing a ski mask in the street at that hour of the morning , whether it was snowing or not . ’ |
| 10 | If he condemns people who are outperforming his members , he can hardly expect much respect for their standards . |
| 11 | This must not detract from the enormous value of May 's pioneer work in publishing such large collections , and he can hardly be blamed for being the victim , as we all are in turn , of the limitation of the knowledge and ideas of the day . |
| 12 | And being aware of this prophecy , he can hardly have fulfilled it unwittingly , or through ‘ sheer coincidence ’ . |
| 13 | As he kept the last Christmas of his life at Saumur , he can hardly have failed to see how many of his barons stayed away , a sure sign that they were preparing to transfer their allegiance to Richard and Philip . |
| 14 | Minton 's irritation with Bacon found outlet in quips about ‘ Ferdie Ham ’ , and to David Tindle he on one occasion remarked : ‘ It 's no good you trying to do Francises , dear : he can hardly manage to do them himself . ’ |
| 15 | He can hardly ask Dad for my hand , can he ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He can hardly back out of the exhibition now . ’ |
| 17 | And even if Uncle Alan turns up within a month or two , he can hardly complain . |
| 18 | ‘ That he can hardly promise . |
| 19 | He can hardly believe this . |
| 20 | His little eyes are completely raw , he can hardly open them . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Sir George called it a ‘ ripping idea , ’ and he must know I need a chaperone so he can hardly object if I take you , since it was I who brought you ! ’ |
| 22 | Dr Eric Williams ' famous thesis linking the rise of capitalism to the slave trade probably overstated the extent to which capital derived from the infamous traffic fed into the growing industrial sector of the expanding English economy , but in pointing out that abolition came only when the slave trade was rapidly losing importance he can hardly be far from the truth . |
| 23 | Now he can hardly |
| 24 | Why , he can hardly keep his eyes off you ! ’ |
| 25 | He can hardly remember anything about the incident . |
| 26 | Mark , too , is confident he can cope , though he can hardly remember the last essay he wrote . |
| 27 | He can hardly talk , almost certainly ca n't see and although he was at the funeral probably does n't even realise that his son died in another road accident six months after his . |
| 28 | The trouble is that things are not equal , and he can hardly remember placing a woman in such a job . |
| 29 | Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly ! |
| 30 | looks to me as though he can hardly walk |