Example sentences of "a hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both books mingle old times and new times , and both give expression to fantasies of replication , with Hawksmoor a hard act to follow . |
| 2 | Two types are used : a soft spile and a hard spile . |
| 3 | When fermentation starts to slow down , a hard spile is used to control the escape of the gas . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , there have been an estimated 900 crimes against tourists in Dublin this year and the growing popularity of the city as an upmarket destination during its year as the European City of Culture has unfortunately attracted a hard core of criminals . |
| 6 | Couple this with a quality assessment system which is riddled with jargon and technical description and the caterer has a hard time deciding what he or she is going to buy and from which company . |
| 7 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |
| 8 | Jeff had a hard time with me . |
| 9 | Funnily enough it 's not the people like me who usually do get the boot in academic life , it 's the people with real talent who generally have a hard time . ’ |
| 10 | It will also prevent the surface from forming a hard , impenetrable cap . |
| 11 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 12 | Is Lucy giving you more of a hard time ? |
| 13 | ‘ Well , oh God , Jay , you 're a hard woman . ’ |
| 14 | Obviously , you can not rely on a hard landing in the case of face punches , so other means must be employed . |
| 15 | A hard impact on an unprotected bone can result in severe bleeding under the skin . |
| 16 | The final injury I want to talk about is brain damage caused by a hard blow to the head . |
| 17 | ‘ And further down there is Hope Steuart of Ballechin — a hard man to crack , no doubt . |
| 18 | They carted him like a scarecrow , his heels scoring the gravel , but he was as stubborn as a pig in a cart , he would never squeal without a hard prod ; Donald Stewart the blacksmith had to grip his wrist to make him sign the paper . |
| 19 | Come on , now — ’ He had no need to say more because Cameron had risen to his feet in the greying light and a song was coming from him in a steady flow of sound and a hard gravelly voice that resonated like a pipe . |
| 20 | I had a hard day . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The flamboyant Frenchman from Bordeaux , who seemed particularly comfortable on a hard court , disposed of No. 2 seed and defending champion Neale Pashley in a close semi-final encounter . |
| 23 | Muscles only actually grow after they have recovered from a hard training session . |
| 24 | Also , it is much harder to train the back muscles and receive a hard pump . |
| 25 | I presume this was a design compromise as an extremely hard and brittle edge could easily shatter on a hard piece of timber , so a softer tempering of the metal is necessary . |
| 26 | One thing is certain : further changes in the 1990s will reflect the role of the railway as a business out there in a hard , competitive world . |
| 27 | When a vigorous secondary fermentation begins to die down the soft peg is replaced with a hard one to keep the gas inside the cask , which gives the beer a natural sparkle in the glass . |
| 28 | It 's been a hard struggle but we 're getting through , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Yes , we had clearly failed on a hard pitch , but that bulging wall above , rising blank and massive into the sky , surely could n't be climbed at the grade given in the guide ? |
| 30 | This is a good place to abseil down the face without committing yourself to a hard route out again . |