Example sentences of "it hard [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the most indulgent husband would find it hard to forgive this foolish wife . |
| 2 | But since Cassius 's ‘ The fault lies not in our stars , but in ourselves ’ we have found it hard to take external circumstances as the sole cause of terrible events . |
| 3 | Owen found it hard to take such incidents seriously . |
| 4 | In general the difficulties can be categorised as those which were hard because they were unpleasant tasks in themselves ( eg dealing with sickness or incontinence , washing soiled clothes ) ; those which were hard because of the dementia sufferer 's behaviour or characteristics ( eg he or she was uncooperative , aggressive , heavy ) , and those which were hard because of features of the carer 's life or characteristics ( eg the journey to the dementia sufferer 's home was a long one , the carer 's spouse disliked her helping , she had no washing machine , she found it hard to manage caring tasks as well as her work ) . |
| 5 | Even then you may find it hard to relax tense muscles as the habits of the muscles are often very ingrained . |
| 6 | The governors of royal colonies , appointed by the king , were expected to maintain a rather dignified and aloof attitude and it was thought that they might find it hard to do this if they had lived in the colony as subordinates or as private citizens in the past . |
| 7 | At first , I found it hard to credit such an error to my father . |
| 8 | Finally , there are political reasons : people do not , on the whole , enjoy moving away from their communities and politicians find it hard to ignore these feelings . |
| 9 | And , as in Rome , you 'll find it hard to resist all the wonderful shops — especially the beautiful leather shoes and handbags . |
| 10 | There are very few independent luxury car firms with the reputation of Jaguar , and volume manufacturers have found it hard to develop luxury cars of their own , considered to be competitive with specialists such as Daimler Benz and BMW . |
| 11 | • If you find it hard to eat one chocolate or biscuit without devouring the whole packet , but an individually wrapped serving . |
| 12 | Editor , — It is true , as James Owen Drife points out , that it has become at least partially acceptable for women to stereotype the worst of male behaviour and make fun of it , but somehow I find it hard to feel sorry for him . |
| 13 | Some people find it hard to accept modern works of art in ancient settings , but in fact much of the special attraction of many historic gardens comes from the several chronological layers of their architecture , planting and ornaments . |
| 14 | In the same way , we resist the idea that we are always dependent on others to a greater or lesser degree ; we find it hard to accept total dependence , and we do not ( often ) choose it for ourselves or for others . |
| 15 | It must be remembered that it is often difficult to get people to express themselves freely , that there is a tendency in any survey for interviewees to say what they think they are expected to say , and that individuals frequently find it hard to express subjective views on an aspect of their life which they might never have consciously considered before . |
| 16 | But despite the political war of words over tax , she found it hard to prepare new strategies because no party had said very much about VAT . |
| 17 | I find it hard to raise more than a flicker of interest about who killed whom and why . |
| 18 | After the winners were named the pair found it hard to convince some that their glamorous subjects were not professional models but clients who had had new images created for them in Mrs Simmons 's Skinnergate studio . |
| 19 | Mustapha Bint , found it hard to keep awake |
| 20 | One would find it hard to imagine two more utterly different aspects of the same country than the southern and northern coasts of Spain . |
| 21 | Those who have campaigned on behalf of Wallenberg find it hard to believe that , in a bureaucratic system like the Soviet Union 's , a file on the missing Swede is not somewhere . |
| 22 | ‘ I find it hard to believe that . ’ |
| 23 | Still I find it hard to believe most men would want to cede their privilege and power on the evidence you present . |
| 24 | French number 3 seed Janek Noah made an early exit from the Stuttgart classic A T P tournament today , complaining he was finding it hard to stay motivated for top class tennis . |
| 25 | In other words , Brazil found it hard to balance domestic and export intervention policies simultaneously . |
| 26 | Even hopeless cooks find it hard to spoil new potatoes . |
| 27 | So banks hang on to business that they should by rights lose , but find it hard to win new good-quality business . |
| 28 | But they should draw comfort from the knowledge that the economists involved often found it hard to understand one another . |
| 29 | When , later , I joined the Civil Service , I found it hard to follow that rule since I was constantly required to lie . |
| 30 | The most detailed discussion of the difference between fall-rise and the ‘ compound ’ fall-plus-rise is Sharp ( 1958 ) , though this is not easy reading and many will find it hard to follow some of the examples . |