Example sentences of "it 's hard [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In flight the wedge-shaped tail of the rook is supposed to help identification , but it 's hard to spot as the bird is constantly moving its tail .
2 There are songs of his where , when you start playing solos , sometimes it 's hard to stop because you get into this …
3 With a career spanning seventeen years and almost as many albums , it 's hard to deny that Motorhead have earned a bit of a breather , but those that feared the sun and the swimming pools of their self-imposed LA exile might dilute the band 's full-on thrust can finally rest easy .
4 And so , through playing his stuff so many times , hearing him play it on record and on bootlegs and actually hearing him sing live — once — it 's got to the point where it 's hard to say whether this is my natural voice or if it 's something I learned .
5 But er er exact er victories if you in that respect , it 's hard to it 's hard to say whether they were any .
6 six to eight and again of course it 's hard to say but er , when would the brochure , the sales brochure for that development be printed and available
7 But it 's hard to talk because it makes your jaws so cold !
8 It 's hard to explain but , for instance , segments of the down beat are divided into single notes .
9 It 's hard to explain but it makes a lot of sense . ’
10 It 's hard to explain because you think I 'm strong . ’
11 It 's hard to think that these 2 teams are next to each other in the league .
12 Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be .
13 Down in the corrie , two sparkling blue-green lochans perch beneath the steep cliffs , and it 's hard to imagine that just over the next two gullies , people in golf jumpers are tucking into sticky buns .
14 It 's hard to imagine that the smart two-seater started out as a Triumph Herald which failed its MoT .
15 It 's hard to generalise but almost half of the accidents , particularly in poor weather , are caused by bad navigation , ’ he said .
16 IT 'S HARD TO believe but tetanus still kills people in this country .
17 It 's hard to believe but this river , the Cristolino is part of the same Tappajoss river system where Garrimperos have caused such devastation .
18 I know it 's hard to believe but I think it is actually possible .
19 It 's hard to believe that a car as heavy as the SL can generate such massive grip , yet retain an admirably accomplished ride .
20 With a new film , The Hard Way , now showing at the cinema , it 's hard to believe that Michael J Fox resolved last year to give up being a film star and spend more time with his wife , Tracy Pollan , and their son , Sam , who 's three this week .
21 It 's hard to believe that the man who used to play the bass in a sullen and studenty pop group called The Housemartins is the creator of this year 's most significant number one single , but the success of ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is a sing that things have truly changed for the better .
22 But nowadays there 's more elbow room and less cigar smoke — and the shrewder restaurateurs have set out to replace their lost business regulars by constructing lunch menus that are brief , light and designed to show off the chef 's talents rather than the customer 's credit rating ; it 's hard to believe that anyone can produce a good meal so cheaply .
23 The apartments are set against a mountain backdrop and the views are superb ; it 's hard to believe that the discos , lively bars and general hustle of Benitses are only a five to ten minute walk away .
24 It 's hard to believe that he started painting in World War Two and is still painting today .
25 His account of the Italian is sheer joy from beginning to end , and it 's hard to believe that he was almost 87 .
26 With talk of a series of stand alone shops it 's hard to believe that the idea is n't to rival Marks .
27 It 's hard to believe that I could have spent two whole years walking round with blinkers on .
28 The ideological points are still there but it 's hard to believe that totalitarian regimentation could be so tight .
29 Suave and sophisticated at 60 , it 's hard to believe that it 's 23 years since he first wooed a generation with Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head .
30 It 's hard to believe that the first meeting of the Galway Races took place at Ballybrit Race Course in 1869 ; and it immediately so fired the public imagination that it has been a major fixture on the Irish racing calendar ever since .
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