Example sentences of "[conj] it is hard [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet these define their ‘ membership ’ in such different ways that it is hard to draw conclusions from their figures . |
| 2 | ‘ We learnt that it is hard to build models to scale from a drawing as they are not very accurate in size . |
| 3 | ‘ Constant changes in teaching patterns and assignment based learning means standard texts are inadequate , and it is hard to find authors who can produce appropriate material . |
| 4 | But it is hard to persuade voters that you have managerial skills if you have been out of office for 11 years . |
| 5 | Talking about the penalty that never was , Ferguson added : ‘ It looked a clear penalty to me , but it is hard to get penalties in big games ’ . |
| 6 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 7 | Exploitations of this maxim are , as Grice notes , a little harder to find , if only because it is hard to construct responses that must be interpreted as irrelevant . |
| 8 | Since it is hard to change departments once you are in , choose the department in which you think you will be able to settle down . |