Example sentences of "hard for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was more bad news on the health front as they were the least likely to say they try hard for a healthy diet ( 37pc compared with 24pc ) . |
| 2 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 3 | ‘ Hi , Char , ’ he said , straining so hard for a deep man-of-the-world note that Charity had to bite her lip to keep from laughing . |
| 4 | WWF will be campaigning hard for a total halt to the ivory trade when the organisation responsible for controlling wildlife trade — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) — meets in Switzerland this month . |
| 5 | A good negotiator can make a customer feel satisfied after they have had to work hard for a small discount . |
| 6 | There was no doubt at all that every Brownie there was determined to think hard and hunt hard for a new Pack Meeting place . |
| 7 | I 'm looking very hard for a new amp as a 30th anniversary present to myself and would really like to own a quality ( loud ! ) amp which I can carry in one hand . |
| 8 | Owen campaigned long and hard for a new building with more space and supervised the move to the present Natural History Museum in the 1880s ( chapter 8 ) . |
| 9 | Both grass and clovers recover and grow more quickly when grazed hard for a short period and then rested for two to three weeks than they do under continuous nibbling . |
| 10 | ‘ Paddock grazing ’ , in which the grassland is divided into small paddocks , grazed hard for a short period and then rested for up to three weeks , is a very good system for the control of parasite worms , the life cycle of which is broken during the rest periods . |
| 11 | Your eventual goal is to be able to work very hard for a full three minutes , followed after a one-minute active break by a second three-minute workout . |
| 12 | ‘ Nana is too strict and too hard for a little child all alone like you . |
| 13 | With the slope in their favour and the wind at their backs , Hammer pressed hard for an early goal to unsettle the favourites . |