Example sentences of "hardly be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policing of CND rallies and the miners ' strike could hardly be said from the Government 's point of view to have failed , and certainly the police did not suffer for want of legal powers . |
| 2 | Yet the tradition of the Germanic tribes was that judgement should be pronounced by the whole body of freemen , by all the ‘ suitors ’ , all those who had the right and duty of regular attendance at the court ; and the jurisdiction of the old royal and popular courts was cut across here , there and everywhere by the numerous feudal courts erected in increasing numbers on the basis of royal grant or mere usurpation from the ninth century onwards , and in the eleventh and twelfth by the appearance of borough courts and town courts of various kinds and courts which merchants set up to handle their own problems , which could hardly be handled by the warrior president or the yokel suitors of a popular court . |
| 3 | Perhaps the whole case was breaking down , to the disappointment of the advocates , who , after all , could hardly be distinguished from the prosecution on both sides . |
| 4 | These ‘ activities ’ are not temporary ( more 's the pity ) but they can hardly be equated with the professor 's letter typing , which is a periodic state of affairs and will not last . |
| 5 | The tunnel cuts through a saddle into the valley of the Stinchar river , so on a calm morning even a heavy train on the bank could hardly be heard from the Pinmore side of the tunnel . |
| 6 | There is a mystery in many percussion sounds which can hardly be matched by the whole orchestra . |
| 7 | It may be that the ban will in due course be struck down , or at least restricted in its scope by the European Court : a total prohibition on television and radio appearances by representatives of a lawful political organisation , for example where they are elected local councillors speaking about domestic issues , can hardly be justified on the grounds of national security or the prevention of public disorder . |
| 8 | Polybius again went a step further by passing over in silence the Roman Bacchanalia which chronologically and typologically can hardly be separated from the new popularity of Dionysus in Egypt about 210 B.C. He was also silent about the religious crisis in Rome during the second Punic War : we do not hear from him about the human sacrifices of that time . |
| 9 | She 'd wrapped him up so well against the weather that he could hardly be seen in the middle of all his clothing . |
| 10 | The ethic of abstinence and effort could hardly be applied to the success of the American millionaires of the 1860s and 1870s , or even to the wealthy manufacturer , retired to a life of country-house leisure , still less to his rentier relatives ; to those whose ideal was , in Ruskin 's words : |
| 11 | Mrs Grandison followed her apprehensively into one of those ubiquitous tea-shops which cater for the multitudes of office workers and others who want a cheap meal at any time of the day , and which , excellent though they are , can hardly be compared with the restaurants Mrs Grandison had been hoping to lunch in . |
| 12 | We should keep thinking about this … the politics of the situation can hardly be ignored as the personal is the political , especially for women in Scotland . |
| 13 | Moreover , the Leicester mosaics themselves can hardly be construed as the work of exactly the same group of craftsmen , because the St. Nicholas Street mosaic appears to include work of a standard below that of any in the Blackfriars mosaic ( see section 4.4 ) . |
| 14 | For example , even if the essence of democracy is taken to be the process of choosing between elites competing to govern , the very business of choosing can hardly be confined to the visit to the polling booth . |
| 15 | Brian Leith 's The Descent of Darwin : A Handbook of Doubts About Darwin can hardly be recommended in the same terms . |
| 16 | It will be evident that these united designs compete under considerable disadvantage with the single designs , and that unless a united design should be superior in both departments to all its single competitors , it could not receive a prize because one portion of it could hardly be executed without the other . |
| 17 | But yesterday 's arrangements could hardly be described as the preparation for a normal family ceremony . |
| 18 | For all that , the teacher can hardly be absolved from the attempt to clarify his own mind . |
| 19 | McElroy 's confusion will hardly be reduced by the preparations for his forthcoming trip to Western Europe . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , the equally essential but less tangible skills which make the difference between the ordinary and superlative restaurant manager can hardly be judged in the short period of a competition . |
| 21 | Perhaps he thought that her own wishes would hardly be considered in the matter . |
| 22 | It is disappointing to read such an apologia in the magazine of one 's own institution , which professes to advance the cause of competent management , BR can hardly be counted among the best of examples . |
| 23 | That a decision may turn out to have this ultimate effect can hardly be blamed on the decider , who is unable to see that far ahead . |