Example sentences of "to make it harder " in BNC.

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1 The solution was a light wood , varnished to make it harder , and then carved into a perfect reproduction of Amy 's photocopied design .
2 A decade or three back , when most of us could visit most countries without a visa , there was little expectation that this would prove a high water mark and that restrictions would steadily increase , but we may not be able to assume that the freedom to dial direct to distant countries will continue to increase : Egypt has cut direct-dial telephone links with Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iraq , Sudan and Iran to make it harder for Moslem militant leaders in exile to communicate with groups at home and organise terrorist attacks , the Al-Akhbar newspaper reports ; it is still possible to call via an operator .
3 Meanwhile , to make it harder , Weber adds another kind of ‘ ideal type ’ .
4 Yeah do you think I was doing to make it harder for you ?
5 So you could see the pattern yourself and make it easier and a lot of the time at school when the teacher 's telling you , Why do n't you do it this way ? they 're not trying to make it harder for you .
6 To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack .
7 As the discount factor tends to unity , so the equilibrium alters to make it harder to acquire a reputation as a z = 0 type , by extending the length of the temporary reputation which all types enjoy .
8 As we noted in Chapter 10 , oligopolists have an incentive to carry out socially unproductive advertising in order to make it harder for new entrants to meet the fixed costs of breaking into the industry , thereby leaving more of the market and the profit for existing firms .
9 To counter both the Gaullist and the communist threats , they passed a new electoral law , whose aim was to make it harder for the RPF or the PCF to win a majority .
10 And Gloucester MP Douglas French wants the law tightened to make it harder for magistrates to ignore police advice in serious cases .
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