Example sentences of "hard [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is where hard bargaining at the time that you negotiated your service contract could pay off handsomely . |
| 2 | I speak from hard experience at the workface . |
| 3 | It is time for certain philosophers to come and take a hard look at the data which we have collected before they dismiss our models and our philosophical assumptions so glibly . |
| 4 | Is n't it about time someone took a long hard look at the laughable regulations on what riders wear and questioned whether they benefit the sport ? |
| 5 | Having thought through some or all of these questions and taken a hard look at the future you next need to analyse the job itself . |
| 6 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 7 | They have taken a long hard look at the way Japanese firms operate and tried to understand what it is that makes them so much more productive and successful . |
| 8 | The purpose of the meeting was to take a hard look at the issues of global communication and justice , and to devise a plan of action to change communication policies in structures of government , development agencies and religious institutions . |
| 9 | We took a handful of blubbery beauties and a fistful of raging rockers and had a good hard look at the pros and cons of facial deformity . |
| 10 | She takes a hard look at the way women present their bodies , their image and how this is dominated by notions of contemporary beauty . |
| 11 | He said the Government needs to take a hard look at the future and the form the nuclear industry should take . |
| 12 | The recession has made it take a hard look at the cost of law and at the attitude of big London firms that it 's used for more than fifty years . |
| 13 | We took a handful of blubbery beauties and a fistful of raging rockers and had a good hard look at the pros and cons of facial deformity . |
| 14 | But with more than 50mpg available and the possibility of good deals to reduce the outlay , the cheapest Fiesta has made me take a long hard look at the lavishly equipped hot hatch we use as a shopping car . |
| 15 | He loved the morning hours of hard study at the Bible . |
| 16 | Hard labour at the tannery , but also : going to Sunday school , learning to read , add , subtract , divide , multiply . |
| 17 | Thirty minutes in the fridge will ensure a pleasant cool temperature and encourage the yeast to form a hard ring at the bottom of the bottle that does not rise to the surface when pouring . |
| 18 | Many neglected hedge species respond to hard pruning at the right time of year , and will quickly produce a thicket of new growth . |
| 19 | The illusion had lasted long enough to make her accept his invitation to spend a few days away as a reward for all her hard work at the shop . |
| 20 | Ashley says it 's hard work at the Institute , but says two of his friends he made there who were also from England encouraged him . |
| 21 | So it 's down to hard work at the end of the day ? |
| 22 | Gathering up the relicts is a hard business at the best of times , and Jackie had to know how the task , carried through with Helen 's usual bravery , would have affected her . |
| 23 | USE soft gym mats to cover the hard surface at the open front of the castle . |
| 24 | ‘ Hard day at the cerebellum , darling ? |
| 25 | ‘ Hard day at the office , dear ? ’ chuckled Robinson as Porter crossed to the sink and began splashing his face with water . |
| 26 | I wo n't deny that there are quite a few ‘ Martini ’ moments in a freestyler 's life , when you find yourself in breathtaking surroundings , thinking ‘ it 's a hard day at the office ’ . |
| 27 | Have you had a hard day at the office ? |
| 28 | After a hard day at the office — in Joey Dunlop 's case the Carrowdore 100 — our world motorcycle ace likes nothing better than unwinding with a cup of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 29 | The new funds will be used to improve transport , including the purchase of two more aircraft and a small trawler and building a hard runway at the British Rothera base on the Graham Land Peninsula . |
| 30 | Was that considered a hard thing at the time ? |