Example sentences of "[adv] hard it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But how much harder it is when the social calendar is full . |
| 2 | How did it know how much harder it had to pull ? |
| 3 | ‘ Gravity knew how much harder it had to pull on the keys — to make them hit the ground at the same time as the paper . |
| 4 | The force knows exactly how much harder it has to pull on the big one to keep it going in the same circle . |
| 5 | How much harder it is to turn away from Rosa Burger , from her internal wrangling and the external forces that bear down on her , than from a faceless newspaper report . |
| 6 | Below a certain height it may be a hopeless situation , but even where there is enough height for a recovery , you can imagine how hard it is to make that movement forward unless you have practised stalls and incipient spins until the movements are well drilled . |
| 7 | Dave Stewart , who will open the Series as Oakland 's starting pitcher tonight , knows how hard it is to shut Clark down . |
| 8 | They often discussed his family together and how hard it was for a single man to bring up children alone . |
| 9 | ‘ You know how hard it is to get away , Rose . ’ |
| 10 | Once Sheila was securely set towards the civil service as well , as if out of weakness or guilt Moran began courting her with vague , tentative offers ; if she were desperate to go to university they could still look into ways of how it could be managed and they would try to manage it somehow no matter how hard it was . |
| 11 | As he explained in Urbino , ‘ These sketches are very much a part of myself and I am sure those who paint themselves will understand how hard it is to part with something into which , when inspired , you have poured your heart and soul . ’ |
| 12 | Even the soldiers in the field must 've been thoroughly sick of all those whining pieces about Our Boys and Girls , and their mail , or the endlessly recycled nonsense about how hard it was to be a female soldier in Saudi Arabia . |
| 13 | Those who have tried it know how hard it is to liberate the oppressed . |
| 14 | The late Tim Brookshaw , not famous for faint-heartedness , danced an eloquent jig on top of the last fence at Leicester to show how hard it was , and one day there was almost a jockeys ' strike at Plumpton . |
| 15 | The measures which we can use include indications that the animal is failing to cope with its environment ( with the difficulties which it encounters ) and measures of how hard it is for that individual to cope with the difficulties . |
| 16 | One friend , whose widowed father has come to share their home , told me how hard it is to put up with his constant smoking . |
| 17 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 18 | He was jealous of new blood , particularly when it was as blue as Angel 's , but Luke , who knew how hard it was to get established , had recognized Angel 's talent . |
| 19 | You do n't need to be a member of the Royal Family to know how hard it is to maintain dignity during your marriage break-up . |
| 20 | She explained how they used to steal food , and how hard it was when she came to the Hogans , her first job , to realise she did n't have to take any stray biscuit or a fistful of sugar and put it into her apron . |
| 21 | And he admitted : ‘ I know it is going to be a hard slog for me to get back , but after what I have been through I 'm not bothered how hard it is going to be . |
| 22 | That means grimy super-realist lyrics rendered on the wild side in a predictably debauched drawl ; sparse , uneasy music pricked by the ghosts of previous drug mythologists Lou Reed , Nick Cave , Nico and The Jesus And Mary Chain ; and the mix of self-pity and ‘ you do n't know how hard it was ’ self-righteousness peculiar to cleaned-up addicts . |
| 23 | You know how hard it is to paint like that ’ . |
| 24 | Fresh of the ocean , the wind is bracing or literally breathtaking , depending on how hard it 's blowing . |
| 25 | Kathleen Woodward 's mother of the 1890s was the one I knew : mothers were people who told you how long they were in labour with you , how much you hurt , how hard it was to have you ( " twenty hours with you , " my mother frequently reminded me ) and who told you to accept the impossible contradiction of being both desired and being a burden , and not to complain . |
| 26 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh ! if those who rule the destinies of nations would but remember … how hard it is for the very poor to have engendered in their hearts that love of home from which all domestic virtues spring , when they live in dense and squalid masses where social decency is lost , or rather never found , ’ Dickens exclaims in The Old Curiosity Shop . |
| 28 | This sketch may serve to show what obstacles the prosecuting authorities have experienced in bringing the B.M.F.L. case to trial , and how hard it is to predict when the trial will eventually occur , and what form it will then take . |
| 29 | How hard it was to resist that look ! |
| 30 | How hard it was to harm even a copy of him ? ’ |