Example sentences of "it hard for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it harder for himself , though much more valuable , by refusing to take short cuts or to mug up the subject from the textbooks : he went to the original sources . |
| 2 | The realisation that this is a racist society , a society which wishes them dead for the colour of their skin , accentuates their loneliness , and their isolation in turn makes it harder for them to fight against racism . |
| 3 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 4 | But statements are unlikely to prevent a heightening of suspicions which are always fairly strong even at the best of times , and that could make it harder for the North to get the global climate convention it is seeking . |
| 5 | That would both worsen the recession already under way in America and , by forcing inflation higher , make it harder for the Federal Reserve to continue easing monetary policy . |
| 6 | This , in turn , will make it harder for diggers to profit from the crude — and illegal — looting of ancient sites . |
| 7 | More majority voting in the Council of Ministers made it harder for members to block laws ; that strengthened the hand of the commission , which has the sole right to propose laws . |
| 8 | The weakness of the economy still makes it harder for companies to service their debt . |
| 9 | At the moment people are n't coming in till 1.30 and that makes it harder for the DJ to get an atmosphere going . |
| 10 | The white underside of a puffin or penguin swimming on the sea merges with the sky and makes it harder for fish to spot danger overhead . |
| 11 | The markings not only make it harder for a thief to sell your property but will also make it easier for the police to identify the rightful owner whenever stolen goods are recovered . |
| 12 | This would make it harder for me to make changes ; and it would have implications for the responsibilities of Departmental Ministers since Select Committees would try to summon the Chairman of Cabinet Committees to give evidence in addition to the responsible Minister . |
| 13 | On the other hand , parents who show no sign of caring where their youngsters are , or what they are doing , not only leave them free to get into all kinds of trouble but make it harder for them to take responsibility by depriving them too soon of parental care . |
| 14 | However , the lethargic effects of dope ( incl. grass ) can de-motivate young people , making it harder for them to get bored with doing nothing . |
| 15 | Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night . |
| 16 | This makes it harder for the people 's movement to make headway . |
| 17 | Tim in particular will have to learn how to lower his centre of gravity by spreading his legs , making it harder for people to knock him over . |
| 18 | Both the City and the CBI are still unhappy with the clauses in spite of some changes from the original draft , as they feel the legislation will make it harder for companies to communicate with analysts , fund managers and other City representatives . |
| 19 | It makes it harder for debtors to make offers and to delay proceedings . |
| 20 | Reid , preparing for today 's confrontation at Ewood Park , declared : ‘ Blackburn have made it harder for the rest of us but there is no point in bleating about it . |
| 21 | You can reinforce the message by holding the leash close to the ground which will make it harder for the dog to stand up if it persistently tries to do so . |
| 22 | A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator . |
| 23 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 24 | Sun has the backing of ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd as well as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp for Wabi and for its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 25 | At the same time , SunSelect unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it so as to trip up the competition . |
| 26 | The Wall Street Journal has been going through Richardson , Texas-based Cyrix Corp 's prospectus for its proposed initial public offering ( page seven ) and finds that the company has a hitherto undisclosed dispute with Texas Instruments Inc over licensing and manufacturing issues — Cyrix says it has received limited supplies of chips from Texas , and as a result ‘ assumes it will not receive any products from Texas Instruments in the future ’ ; the dispute could give Texas , which has a licence to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name , the right to sell all current and some future Cyrix products through the term of the five-year agreement , making it harder for Cyrix to develop its own brand name identity ; the current manufacturing agreement with SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV would be able to meet its needs to the end of the year , after which it would need to buy its own manufacturing facility , expand its contracts with the two firms , or do a deal with another chip maker ; earlier this month , SGS-Thomson signed a new contract agreeing to supply chips to Cyrix to the end of 1994 , and gets the right to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name . |
| 27 | The army sealed the border with Pakistan , making it harder for terrorists to buy weapons and seek sanctuary . |
| 28 | Alongside his economic reforms , he has tried to open up the political system and make it harder for politicians to cheat . |
| 29 | Not unnaturally , however , this glowing relationship between Mr Balladur and the president has made it harder for Mr Balladur to stay on loving terms with his former boss , Mr Chirac . |
| 30 | The long credit that the Dutch had given the first planters to get them started in Barbados in the 1640s came to an end with the Dutch war of the 1650s , which made it harder for English planters to finance development when they wanted to grow sugar in Jamaica . |