Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [art] hard " in BNC.

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1 As for being ‘ alarmist ’ , it 's right to be ultra cautious ( even to the extent of junking an untrustworthy drive ) when you 're using a hard disk to store valuable data .
2 She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows .
3 Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them .
4 The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late .
5 While Dixton House has been lapping up the attention , his jockey , Tom Morgan , has been having a hard time .
6 It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages !
7 Oxford have Aston Villa at the Manor on Wednesday … it 's all ticket … and tomorrow is your last chance to get one … the box office is open all day … do n't miss it … next for us is the third division where Hereford are having a hard time
8 The Greek revolt was seen by European liberals who in a sense might be having a hard time of it in in , in those years .
9 Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened .
10 ‘ Do I look as if I 'm having a hard time ?
11 No but they know the form , you know , we ca I ca n't erm I 'm not sure and then , now I 'm learning , you know , and it 's li I 'm learning the hard way and I 've got ta carry on learning the hard way cos I ca n't break it , you know ?
12 The Pussy Posse accepted a four-day challenge to road test this new friend , but the hard part proved to be finding a hard part .
13 Coltart and Everett have been learning the hard way that it hardly matters if you can sometimes drive the ball 50 yards father than anyone else if the statistics show that some of your opponents single-putt an average of 24 greens per tournament .
14 Now , thanks to hundreds , perhaps thousands of such requests , plus one or two boycotts , producers of cosmetics are learning the hard way that necessity is the mother of invention .
15 The sailors were dropping off the stern ladder into the tender as he reached the dock , and with the tender pitching in the steep lop , they were having a hard time .
16 That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country .
17 Notice that if you are transferring a hard disk drive to a new motherboard then you should backup all of the data .
18 At this stage , Browns Lane has not given up hope of getting rear seats into the convertible , but it is proving a hard task , and it is probably that only the coupe will be a two-plus-two .
19 It could also be that Reilly , who has never knowingly sold himself short , is driving a hard bargain .
20 It could also be that Reilly , who has never knowingly sold himself short , is driving a hard bargain .
21 A nod across the classroom , a wave across the street is evidence that God is doing the hard graft .
22 The European Commission is having a hard enough job getting all its members to clear out the same few channels so that Europe can have a paging system which could be used in any of its countries .
23 Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp .
24 But Isabella is having a hard time .
25 We are anticipating a hard match , and that is one of the reasons why I am so pleased to have Bryan ( Robson ) back .
26 The burden of sharing Roquelaure 's secret was proving a hard one to bear .
27 Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters .
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