Example sentences of "it hard for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weakness of the economy still makes it harder for companies to service their debt . |
| 2 | Both the City and the CBI are still unhappy with the clauses in spite of some changes from the original draft , as they feel the legislation will make it harder for companies to communicate with analysts , fund managers and other City representatives . |
| 3 | The problem with this is that it will drive up the exchange rate and thus make it harder for firms to export . |
| 4 | More majority voting in the Council of Ministers made it harder for members to block laws ; that strengthened the hand of the commission , which has the sole right to propose laws . |
| 5 | And Gloucester MP Douglas French wants the law tightened to make it harder for magistrates to ignore police advice in serious cases . |
| 6 | This , in turn , will make it harder for diggers to profit from the crude — and illegal — looting of ancient sites . |
| 7 | To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . |
| 8 | The white underside of a puffin or penguin swimming on the sea merges with the sky and makes it harder for fish to spot danger overhead . |
| 9 | SMCC is allegedly telling customers SunSoft products can only be run on Sun hardware , making it harder for Sparcettes to snare the upgrade business . |
| 10 | The army sealed the border with Pakistan , making it harder for terrorists to buy weapons and seek sanctuary . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It makes it harder for debtors to make offers and to delay proceedings . |
| 13 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 14 | Sun has the backing of ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd as well as Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp for Wabi and for its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 15 | At the same time , SunSelect unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it so as to trip up the competition . |
| 16 | Not unnaturally , however , this glowing relationship between Mr Balladur and the president has made it harder for Mr Balladur to stay on loving terms with his former boss , Mr Chirac . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A firm which innocently seeks to lower costs and improve product quality may simultaneously be making it harder for entry to occur . |
| 19 | Alongside his economic reforms , he has tried to open up the political system and make it harder for politicians to cheat . |
| 20 | Making it harder for killer gangs |