Example sentences of "is hard [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to see any other teams breaking into the top 6 , but West Ham and Newcastle can still be caught . |
| 2 | Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles . |
| 3 | It is hard to reconcile these two statements . |
| 4 | Today no such evidence is needed as the matter was settled in favour of the mechanical explanation , although it is hard to envisage any human attempt to produce the resonant sound from a branch with any contraption without a strong amplifier . |
| 5 | He once reproached Sir Philip Sidney for his famous refusal of a cup of water on a Dutch battlefield as an act that looks ‘ aggressively holy ’ , and it is hard to imagine any other critic of the age allowing himself such a remark , or even conceiving of it : The okay thing would be to drink some of the cup himself and pass it on , leaving most of it to the other man … ’ |
| 6 | Plausible or not , it is hard to imagine any other justification for the renewed confidence being shown by hardware and software manufacturers for the prospects of finding a new generation of laser disc customers in the 1990s . |
| 7 | This is not the easiest selection of flowers to use in a design as they all look the same , and apart from turning some of the rose petals into buds , it is hard to introduce any interesting variations into the shapes in the picture . |
| 8 | It is hard to distinguish any specific impact of the introduction of plough agriculture and draught animals by the Spanish after AD 1521 . |
| 9 | One benefit of this over similar units is that the groove retains the semi-circular wedge , so it is hard to separate this moveable part from the nut . |