Example sentences of "but it [is] [adj] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railway lines to Prome and Mandalay are working again but it is hard work with only 1/5 of the number of pre-war engines , and only 1/3 of the goods wagons and hardly any of the passenger coaches . |
| 2 | It sounds easy but it is hard work , especially when trying not to crush creativity or step on the toes of hardworking marketing and advertising departments . |
| 3 | Mark Ermler draws generally crisp and lively playing from the Covent Garden Orchestra , but it is uphill work with such a score , hardly helped by what is happening on stage . |
| 4 | Mark Ermler draws generally crisp and lively playing from the Covent Garden Orchestra , but it is uphill work with such a score , hardly helped by what is happening on stage . |
| 5 | It 's comfortable enough here for rough country people but it 's hard work . ’ |
| 6 | Grendon starts doing its best work after 18 months , but it 's hard work getting there . |
| 7 | I wish we 'd got a bit further really but it 's hard work . |