Example sentences of "that [is] hardly " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is hardly a solution : it merely changes the subject from the mental/physical relationship to the behavioural/physical relationship . |
| 2 | That is hardly an answer that helps Mr Major . ) |
| 3 | ‘ That is hardly fair , Ba . ’ |
| 4 | But that is hardly an excessive price to pay for cutting risk , in the midst of a tight election campaign . |
| 5 | If the form of the village 's name has changed in the course of the centuries , that is hardly surprising . |
| 6 | The faces of the nudes are simpler , less tormented than those of his portraits , but since his friends were intellectuals , artists and writers , intense , complex men and women , consumed by an inner reality , that is hardly surprising ; the girls who posed for his nudes were healthy young women , models , maids , waitresses , milkmaids revelling in their bodies and their sexuality . |
| 7 | That is hardly likely . |
| 8 | ‘ He seems to have surrounded himself with every comfort ; but that is hardly surprising , if he has stayed here all the week for ten years . ’ |
| 9 | If such a three-pronged assault on the ailing Soviet economy has a familiar ring to it , that is hardly surprising . |
| 10 | It is easy to be paranoic about IT and the future , and that is hardly justified ; but constant vigilance is required . |
| 11 | ‘ But that is hardly consolation ! ’ |
| 12 | What happens if the muse strikes — no , that is hardly the appropriate word — if the muse visits you in the middle of a case ? |
| 13 | To be an effective leader , to get bureaucrats and legislators to do what he wants them to do a president must retain the support of the public and , in the modern age , that is hardly possible without consistent command of television . |
| 14 | That is hardly likely . |
| 15 | The 166 husbands whose occupations are recorded do not cover quite such a range of trades as the fathers — 64 as opposed to 76 — but that is hardly surprising since they are much more concentrated in a number of particular trades . |
| 16 | From this perspective , in imposing negligence liability the court can be seen merely as upholding private rights , and that is hardly an ‘ intrusion ’ . |
| 17 | The current ideology of devolution may favour letting such schools , along with all the others , sort out their own affairs , but that is hardly fair to their teachers , still less to their pupils . |
| 18 | It is also true that I disagreed with his choice of menu , but that is hardly cause for murder . ’ |
| 19 | For once I did n't take my beloved camera with me to record the state of the line , for the simple reason that it results in very slow progress , and that is hardly wise near the shortest day of the year . |
| 20 | That is hardly surprising , as the crime rate has doubled in the 12 years since the Conservative party was elected on a promise of law and order . |
| 21 | If so , that is hardly in line with Labour 's new-found enthusiasm for the European single market and free trade . |
| 22 | That is hardly my idea of a review . |
| 23 | That is hardly relevant , but the survey took place last week . |
| 24 | That is hardly surprising , because since I embarked upon this historical analysis I have been quoting virtually verbatim from a speech made on 16 December 1976 in this House by the now right hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) , which can be found at columns 1832 and 1833 of the Official Report for that date . |
| 25 | That is hardly surprising . |
| 26 | The editorial additions sound gorgeous , of course , but that is hardly the point . |
| 27 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |
| 28 | Government statistics show that 74 per cent of women in managerial and administrative positions have no children , and that is hardly likely to be a coincidence . |
| 29 | Well , they could play too , and if not as well as their director , that is hardly a criticism . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's hardly fair . |