Example sentences of "it [adv] hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people at midlife find it incredibly hard to get time to sit down , let alone spend an extra hour in bed . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , quite a lot , ’ said Jean , who found it rather hard to explain the number of duels , pursuits on horseback , quick changes of identity and narrow escapes from the authorities he had experienced by the age of twenty-four . |
| 3 | Taylor begged leave to deny that analogies drawn from lead mines in stratified rocks are to be applied to deep copper mines and he considered it rather hard to have " crude suggestions of this sort pressed upon us " . |
| 4 | ‘ It means that when I 'm with you I find it annoyingly hard to think straight . |
| 5 | ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘ |
| 6 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 7 | They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head . |
| 8 | I find it so hard to express |
| 9 | I know it would help to talk to someone but I find it so hard to open up . |
| 10 | ‘ Get yourself a good lawyer , and if somebody rips you off , punish them , and do it so hard that their ancestors hurt . ’ |
| 11 | Get yourself a good lawyer , and if somebody rips you off , punish them , and do it so hard that their ancestors hurt |
| 12 | Why do I find it so hard to stick to ? |
| 13 | In our depth interviews , for example ( Appendix II , section 5 ) , there was the man in trouble with the court already who could therefore not get HP — and who bought the settee he wanted with a trading check instead ( even costlier to repay ) , though he doubted his ability to pay it off and was still making payments through the court ; and the woman with so many debts to pay off , afraid of the ‘ loan man 's ’ visit because she finds it so hard to say no to his offers . |
| 14 | Singapore Airlines Ltd has awarded a five-year contract to Datamatics Pvt Ltd of Bombay to write software exclusively for the airline : Datamatics will develop software for reservations , cargo handling and departure control applications , and got the business because the airline found it so hard to recruit and retain computer personnel in Singapore ; no value was revealed . |
| 15 | Given that these viewpoints and value bases are so antagonistic , and yet rarely made explicit , it is not surprising that different groups find it so hard to trust and respect each other . |
| 16 | Why is it so hard for men to be happy ? |
| 17 | But Milosh reversed his lance and flung it so hard that it pinned the Venetian champion to the gate of the city ; he struck off the champion 's head and threw it in Koulash 's nosebag . |
| 18 | ‘ She found it so hard to give up all the solvents . |
| 19 | She knew that he had been Eddie 's best friend — that was why she 'd always found it so hard to accept that he could have deliberately driven her brother off the track . |
| 20 | ‘ Is it so hard to believe I could have meant it ? ’ he asked her lightly , but was there a suggestion of hurt behind the words ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why is it so hard to accept that I could feel all that too ? ’ |
| 22 | Why is it so hard for you to believe me ? ’ |
| 23 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 24 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 25 | ‘ Most young swimmers find it terribly hard to do all the training that is required and also live a normal life . |
| 26 | This will make it extremely hard for some players to get more than two or three of the 11 games in Australia — and that would not be long enough to evaluate the newcomers ' test qualifications . |
| 27 | She feels deeply rejected by a man who was in fact very shy , and apparently found it extremely hard to express himself affectionately . |
| 28 | The malodorous slime has the dual effects of choking anyone too near the Troll and also making it extremely hard for an attacker to land a blow . |
| 29 | Those organizations whose members can find no good reason , whatever the basis of the bargain , to trust one another at a modicum will find it extremely hard to work effectively with each other . |
| 30 | They all find it extremely hard work but very worthwhile . |