Example sentences of "hard to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 2 | It is hard to be sure how much of this dark stuff Sinclair believes — as it is hard to be sure how much Eliot believed of the lore which accompanies the dark stuff of The Waste Land , another London poem . |
| 3 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 4 | After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing . |
| 5 | He found the parish set-up conventional and that was hard to be bear ; ‘ irksome ’ he called it . |
| 6 | It was hard to be a hero one day and a ‘ has-been ’ the next . |
| 7 | I try real hard to be sensible and do things right , but they never work out . |
| 8 | I think it 's hard to be honest with yourself about certain things and I wanted to think that I had no part in the grandiosity of MainMan and a lot of the bad things about MainMan . |
| 9 | Legally and socially , no country on earth tries so hard to be free of racism . |
| 10 | But it is true of us all — it is hard to break from the herd , it is hard to be a rebel , it is hard to be a heretic . |
| 11 | But it is true of us all — it is hard to break from the herd , it is hard to be a rebel , it is hard to be a heretic . |
| 12 | I tried so hard to be good but a lot was expected of children in those days , and I often had nightmares thinking the man would know about me and would come and get me . |
| 13 | They meant well of course , but they were trying so hard to be sympathetic and reassuring , saying they would be praying for her . |
| 14 | It can be a time when a sensitive friend can make sure the bereaved person is especially thought of , so that they are not alone if they find it hard to be by themselves on those days . |
| 15 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , ‘ it is hard to be separated from your first child . |
| 16 | Farewells & A Grave With No Name by Juan Carlos Onetti tr by Peter Bush Quartet , £12.95 IT MUST be hard to be a South American novelist these days . |
| 17 | But it is hard to be parted from my child . ’ |
| 18 | It 's hard to be humble if you 're from Texas — car sticker |
| 19 | In this land of big boots and Stetson hats , it 's probably hard to be ( m ) . |
| 20 | The reality is a slow moving animal that you have to try hard to be trapped by . |
| 21 | True or false , it is hard to be depressed at Loch St John 's , particularly if you are a trout fisherman . |
| 22 | Of course we all need sufficient to live on — and it is hard to be joyful if those basic needs are not met — but , however trite it may sound , there is much joy to be found in a spring day , the expression on a baby 's face or the touch of a loved one 's hand . |
| 23 | It is hard to be inactive when fell-walking , in Michael 's case , and swimming in mine have been among the greatest of pleasures . |
| 24 | Sometimes It 's Hard to be a Woman |
| 25 | Sometimes it 's hard to be a woman |
| 26 | Sometimes it 's hard to be a woman Stuck in wi' the weans |
| 27 | Where there is a mix of your own grandchildren and stepgrandchildren , it can be hard to be even-handed and learn to accept the new arrivals . |
| 28 | He may be so anxious to please you that he tries extra hard to be good . |
| 29 | It had been their intention to send her to a finishing school in France or Germany , but she had begged so hard to be allowed to stay where she was , with Breeze and Gay . |
| 30 | Rab felt to lick it off but the time , the place , was wrong ; a dump like this , it was hard to be anything , anyway romantic . |