Example sentences of "but it [be] hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is hard to see it making much headway against the ideology that now pervades academic institutions . |
| 2 | He could start with a win against Frederik Johnson , the Swedish international , but it is hard to see any of the other rejects surviving , except perhaps Jamie Hickox or Chris Walker . |
| 3 | But it is hard to fit the evidence to any other conclusion . |
| 4 | That may apply to some African countries , but it is hard to imagine the two biggest aid recipients , Egypt and Bangladesh , doing a great deal more to feed themselves . |
| 5 | Energy efficiency may be the quickest way to abate emissions of carbon dioxide but it is hard to imagine it being applied effectively in Third World countries , whose output of the gas is likely to overtake the developed world 's in the second or third decade of the next century . |
| 6 | Nuclear power may be in eclipse , but it is hard to believe that it — and the fast reactor — will not return to favour as carbon dioxide increases and the greenhouse effect 's regime becomes more severe . |
| 7 | Eubank may not have Ali 's skills , but it is hard to imagine him becoming as used by boxing as the great man was . |
| 8 | But it is hard to re-create the atmosphere of fanaticism and fear in which it seemed unsurprising that the gramophone records of Paul Robeson were expunged from the catalogues and the novels of Theodore Dreiser and the detective stories of Dashiell Hammett were purged from public libraries . |
| 9 | Another failure , but it is hard not to appreciate the subtlety of the thought behind it : if the cash paid as ransom disintegrates , there is no cash paid as ransom . |
| 10 | But it is hard to resist this plan put before me and indeed it ought to be tried since I have no other resource . |
| 11 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 12 | The President 's successors in Kabul are ready to work with the UN peace process , but it is hard to imagine the rebels agreeing to join in when victory is so close . |
| 13 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 14 | How much the meeting was told about the previous shipments to Iran is unclear but it is hard to believe that those present were not aware of them . |
| 15 | But it is hard for an old actor to separate fact from fantasy . |
| 16 | Some authorities specify three sinks for dishwashing and allied work but it is hard to see any justification for them . |
| 17 | But it is hard to be parted from my child . ’ |
| 18 | I have no sympathy for Labour — as ever , it will sell its grandmother and any principle it ever had to get a foot into Number Ten — but it is hard to disagree with the view that they were hard done by . |
| 19 | This diagram does record the effect of RU on the pieces , but it is hard to see what is happening . |
| 20 | Great wines they may be , but it is hard to define these wines as good sparkling wines and classic Champagnes they most certainly are not . |
| 21 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |
| 22 | You may have thought you already knew all this , but it is hard to think of anyone who has put the case as plainly , or elucidated it with such concrete examples . |
| 23 | But it is hard to blame Labour 's 1992 defeat on poll tax-related non-registration . |
| 24 | The railway lines to Prome and Mandalay are working again but it is hard work with only 1/5 of the number of pre-war engines , and only 1/3 of the goods wagons and hardly any of the passenger coaches . |
| 25 | I could understand one man imagining that he saw a person in the immediate area of the box but it is hard to believe that two level-headed signalmen could have been mistaken enough to be confused by the same phenomenon . |
| 26 | This kind of sexism can be ( and has been ) noted , but it is hard to get rid of because it occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts : nobody has made or written down a rule saying that women can be addressed as ‘ dearie ’ or referred to as ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 27 | The company did not say anything about the level of losses , but it is hard to improve profitability against a background of falling sales . |
| 28 | But it is hard to persuade voters that you have managerial skills if you have been out of office for 11 years . |
| 29 | But it is hard to believe that three such bumblers could ever have got the paper off the ground . |
| 30 | For instance , molecular evidence suggests a close alliance between molluscs and annelids , but it is hard to imagine how an animal like the most primitive known annelid ( an archiannelid ? ) was transformed into a primitive mollusc ( a chiton ? ) . |