Example sentences of "hardly [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. L. Smith , chairman of the Adult Education Committee at the Ministry of Reconstruction , also warned : ‘ If industrial moral and social side must be taken up in a way that had hardly been experimented upon as yet … |
| 2 | Though the second aspect was short-lived , it remained as an ideal concept that inspired future kings and emperors ; and the first has hardly been surpassed by any superior achievement to this day . |
| 3 | But you know , the these people ha have hardly been treated erm and a , a contract for obtaining more health care year by year so , you know if yo , if you 're saying that erm these wi will will reduce or that the action has already taken place , it ca n't reduce erm so , then again it 's , it 's not really relevant to erm the proposal of running a , a health authority , you know , these people should talk . |
| 4 | It has hardly been recognised that India is among the few countries in the world that has a proven capability to undertake orbital missions or detonate a nuclear device . |
| 5 | He 's keen to open the minds of his audience — Janacek , he says , has hardly been heard in Italy , and he 's determined to open his season with Der Rosenkavalier . |
| 6 | The second thing Artemis remembered was being put to bed very early , so early that tea had hardly been cleared . |
| 7 | The Temple of Luxor , with its distinctive columns shaped like bundles of papyrus , overlooks the tree-lined waterfront of the Nile ; close by is the massive complex of Karnak , the largest place of worship known to man , an intricate combination of ram-headed sphinxes , labyrinth passageways and chambers , whose detail has hardly been affected by the elements over thousands of years . |
| 8 | One aspect of this year that does particularly please me , is the continued success of our washroom hygiene service , where sales for contracts and jobs have hardly been affected by the economic climate . |
| 9 | The adulation when it was all over was something that had hardly been seen before in England , even on momentous Ashes-winning occasions , and early in 1964 his efforts were rewarded with a knighthood , conferred by the Queen at Buckingham Palace . |
| 10 | ‘ It has hardly been seen so far and it really must go on public view . |
| 11 | Although completely redesigned and put into trans-Soviet service in 1977 , it was withdrawn in 1978 and has hardly been seen since . |
| 12 | She has hardly been seen since the ‘ love tapes ’ scandal erupted . |
| 13 | She has hardly been seen since the ‘ love tapes ’ scandal erupted . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the conservation side has hardly been publicised in the case of the London Zoo — and in these pro-environment days where so many people are ‘ going green ’ , this is a great shame . |
| 15 | However , the mechanism of these protective effects as well as the proposed inhibitory effect of phosphate have hardly been studied in vivo . |
| 16 | The socially sanctioned dominance of male over female has hardly been questioned in Salvadorean society " and domestic violence and sexual assault are largely unrecognized and go unreported : |
| 17 | Led by Major Ronnie Tod , 30 men went ashore and had hardly been gone a few minutes when Dudley Clarke and the commander saw the dark outline of a boat coming in from the sea . |
| 18 | Old Fakrid 's hardly been gone two time units and already our clever First Pilot has begun to sound exactly like him . |
| 19 | The fittings here have hardly been altered and there is a very special atomosphere . |
| 20 | The decline of the Anglican Church as a purveyor of religion has often been seen by historians as related to the rise of Methodism , while positive aspects have hardly been noted . |
| 21 | " Working class " is anachronistic in implying a stage in class formation and consciousness which had hardly been reached even by 1815 . |
| 22 | That was built by Hitler and , by the look of it , long stretches of its concrete had hardly been touched since . |
| 23 | There was some dissatisfaction with the curriculum , which had hardly been touched by the modernisation drive . |
| 24 | So far these problems have hardly been explored from the viewpoint of psychology or sociobiology . |
| 25 | Ask Mr Brown about Proposition 13 , the 1978 ballot initiative that crippled local government , and he will say that it should be reformed ; but he has hardly been spotted on the barricades shouting that cause , let alone trying to tackle it directly in the legislature . |
| 26 | Because of this policy , ‘ the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , by reason of its many limitations and exceptions , today seldom forms the basis of a successful claim in the courts ’ and it seems fair to remark that the rule ‘ has hardly been taken seriously by modern English courts . ’ |
| 27 | He is also sure that she has hardly been educated at all . |
| 28 | Her attraction to him had hardly been swathed in subtlety . |
| 29 | The problems of French archaeology are deep-rooted , although the discipline is recently established : the law which supports its activities dates only from 1941 , and has hardly been modified since then . |
| 30 | For example , medicine ran to 80 pages , whereas the schedule for chemical technology had hardly been modified since the second edition . |