Example sentences of "[v-ing] it hard [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the lethargic effects of dope ( incl. grass ) can de-motivate young people , making it harder for them to get bored with doing nothing . |
| 2 | Tim in particular will have to learn how to lower his centre of gravity by spreading his legs , making it harder for people to knock him over . |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal has been going through Richardson , Texas-based Cyrix Corp 's prospectus for its proposed initial public offering ( page seven ) and finds that the company has a hitherto undisclosed dispute with Texas Instruments Inc over licensing and manufacturing issues — Cyrix says it has received limited supplies of chips from Texas , and as a result ‘ assumes it will not receive any products from Texas Instruments in the future ’ ; the dispute could give Texas , which has a licence to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name , the right to sell all current and some future Cyrix products through the term of the five-year agreement , making it harder for Cyrix to develop its own brand name identity ; the current manufacturing agreement with SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV would be able to meet its needs to the end of the year , after which it would need to buy its own manufacturing facility , expand its contracts with the two firms , or do a deal with another chip maker ; earlier this month , SGS-Thomson signed a new contract agreeing to supply chips to Cyrix to the end of 1994 , and gets the right to sell Cyrix-designed chips under its own name . |
| 4 | The army sealed the border with Pakistan , making it harder for terrorists to buy weapons and seek sanctuary . |
| 5 | SMCC is allegedly telling customers SunSoft products can only be run on Sun hardware , making it harder for Sparcettes to snare the upgrade business . |
| 6 | For example , the decision in Paris v. Stepney BC , in which it was decided that the employer of a one-eyed motor mechanic had a special duty of care to provide him with goggles to protect his good eye , may have had the perhaps unexpected and certainly undesired consequence of making it harder for disabled workers to get jobs in which they need special protection . |
| 7 | A firm which innocently seeks to lower costs and improve product quality may simultaneously be making it harder for entry to occur . |
| 8 | But by being ashamed of who they are , they 're making it harder for other people to accept them . ’ |
| 9 | In Chapter 10 we saw that existing oligopolists would have an incentive to advertise too much , not because advertising provides additional consumer information about the product , but because it raises the fixed cost of being in the industry , thereby making it harder for new firms to enter the industry . |
| 10 | Making it harder for killer gangs |
| 11 | His move to the Isle of Wight was part of a campaign of harassment , making it harder for him to receive visitors , and he is constantly being threatened with placement in the psychiatric wing of the prison . |
| 12 | On a more pragmatic , but related , issue , students were finding it harder to ‘ pass ’ inference skills IN 1–3 , than IN 4–6 , and since this had important implications for their grading , I was attempting to remediate the early skills on an ad hoc basis with some non-subject-specific pencil and paper exercises . |
| 13 | She was half laughing now , finding it hard to be annoyed at what he was saying . |
| 14 | Erm we did n't play cards he was a bit he was okay but he was obviously he 's finding it hard at times . |
| 15 | I mean most of them are only there cos there finding it hard with the mortgage . |
| 16 | Jim D'Avila Deputy Leader of Thamesdown Borough Council says much of the private investment in Swindon depends on private companies and they are finding it hard in the recession . |