Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] harder " in BNC.

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1 But being consoled by another mother who seems unfrustrating makes it harder to reconcile the two … ’ .
2 The realisation that this is a racist society , a society which wishes them dead for the colour of their skin , accentuates their loneliness , and their isolation in turn makes it harder for them to fight against racism .
3 The weakness of the economy still makes it harder for companies to service their debt .
4 Neutron activation was not chosen because those elements which it can measure in flint ( as compared to pottery ) are more erratically distributed than those measured by atomic absorption ( the major elements in clay ) , and this makes it harder to distinguish the products of any two mines .
5 At the moment people are n't coming in till 1.30 and that makes it harder for the DJ to get an atmosphere going .
6 The received wisdom is that such people are more likely to be Labour supporters , but their ‘ disappearance ’ also makes it harder to lend them money .
7 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 .
8 Whatever its cause , that decline makes it harder to lay blame for any recent severe weather on El Chichón .
9 Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night .
10 This makes it harder for the people 's movement to make headway .
11 It makes it harder for debtors to make offers and to delay proceedings .
12 As the novel amply shows , those who want ca n't have and — what only makes it harder to bear — those who have do n't want .
13 However , the War Wagon differs from an ordinary chariot in several details — its heavily armoured tower makes it harder to destroy , for example .
14 This makes it harder to wax indignant at the ideas being canvassed in Washington .
15 And each breach at state level makes it harder to justify the national ban , particularly if banks can show that their presence is giving consumers a better deal .
16 Do not cram the cage with leaves , for this often leads to condensation and makes it harder to see the caterpillars .
17 Do n't rub your nails when removing colour , as it distributes the polish and makes it harder to remove .
18 This , of course , makes it harder for the others to find them .
19 The proposed closure of the USM , though not before the end of 1996 ( it will remain open to new entrants until the end of next year ) has thrown sharply into focus the debate on how smaller companies find a way of closing the much quoted ‘ equity gap ’ which they and their advisers have long argued makes it harder for them to raise any significant degree of long-term capital other than debt finance .
20 What it should have told them is that terrorism makes it harder , not easier , to gain a hearing in a democracy .
21 because it makes it harder for them to sell .
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