Example sentences of "it hard to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be a time when a sensitive friend can make sure the bereaved person is especially thought of , so that they are not alone if they find it hard to be by themselves on those days . |
| 2 | Do you find it hard to be objective about your looks as you grow older ? |
| 3 | He has never found it hard to practice his goalscoring trade on his travels here , there and everywhere . |
| 4 | Gazans find it hard to be enthusiastic about the talks . |
| 5 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 6 | Like small men , small cars find it hard to be taken seriously . |
| 7 | Men are very protective and sometimes possessive towards their daughters and often find it hard to " lose " her to another man . |
| 8 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 9 | The precise number of homeworkers is hard to assess , and so is their real pay , for many of them do piece-work , and find it hard to calculated how much they do . |
| 10 | She was half laughing now , finding it hard to be annoyed at what he was saying . |
| 11 | Says she finds it hard to . |
| 12 | Maybe they do n't find it hard to , they do n't find it very easy to talk to each other about difficult things ; maybe they ca n't say the sort of things ‘ I love you but , I wish you did n't , such and such ’ . |
| 13 | When Jimmy Carter took office in January 1977 , Zahedi found it harder to be close to senior officials . |
| 14 | On a more pragmatic , but related , issue , students were finding it harder to ‘ pass ’ inference skills IN 1–3 , than IN 4–6 , and since this had important implications for their grading , I was attempting to remediate the early skills on an ad hoc basis with some non-subject-specific pencil and paper exercises . |
| 15 | Marian agrees that current pressures make it harder to be a parent today . |