Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is hard for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is not that we in any way deliberately do down the intelligence of animals — although we do this as well — but that it is hard for us to imagine the workings of forms of intelligence that have evolved to cope with environmental circumstances different from our own . |
| 2 | They know that their children are stronger than them in many ways and it is hard for them to come to terms with that and still keep their dignity and self-respect . |
| 3 | All aspects of education are necessary to develop a whole personality and every child has a whole personality , even if it is hard for us to see this at times . |
| 4 | We think that physics is complicated because it is hard for us to understand , and because physics books are full of difficult mathematics . |
| 5 | For though it is hard for us to credit it now , many people believed that if you travelled faster than — say — 30 miles an hour , you might actually burst and be scattered across the railway lines . |