Example sentences of "find it hard " in BNC.

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1 You can also find it hard to remember things , because germs are multiplying in your brain .
2 Philosophical reflexivity is not high on the agenda and in an organization which makes much of the concept of loyalty but really means subservience , the insider can find it hard to bite the hand that feeds and reveal any unhealthy aspect in the agenda .
3 No — the government will find it hard to sustain that again , when there has been no army in the field against them — no pitched battles — no weapons , even .
4 Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’
5 LWT , whose market share is under attack , may find it hard to maintain the 40 per cent return on capital that would make its share incentive scheme worthwhile to the managers .
6 But now all those Arab and Western powers that had invested such hopes in the plan will find it hard to sustain even a pretence that it remains a realistic proposal .
7 But now all those Arab and Western powers that had invested such hopes in the plan will find it hard to sustain even a pretence that it remains a realistic proposal .
8 The Government would find it hard to design a student loan system more socially unjust and more likely to deter potential students from less privileged backgrounds , Sir John Kingman , vice-chancellor of Bristol University , said yesterday .
9 Even the most committed opponents of capital punishment will find it hard not to see the Norwegians ' point of view .
10 At the same time , Toyota , Nissan and the others will find it hard to expand if they do not design their cars , and many of the parts contained in them , to meet local tastes and fashions .
11 With both France and Germany in two minds about how and where Europe should be defended , even remodelled European armies will find it hard to march in step .
12 But the alliance , if it holds , would reduce Mr Gorbachev 's options in one crucial respect : he would find it hard , if not impossible , to close down the Baltic parliaments without extending the crackdown to Russia itself .
13 Yours sincerely , ( Prof. ) Richard von Krafft-Ebing girl is obviously fairly intelligent , and so will find it hard to find a man worthy of her among the servant classes ; and how will she meet anyone else ?
14 The little pinchable one will find it hard to settle down to housewife piety .
15 But even if an immediate rise is avoided , the longer terrm effect is more insidious : a Labour Chancellor will find it hard to prevent the markets from widening the interest rate differential with Germany .
16 So he does sometimes find it hard to throw himself out of bed ?
17 Training centres are hard-pressed and insufficient in numbers and , with job prospects gloomy for all young people , the now older parents may find it hard to cope with the constant supervision of a young mentally handicapped person who may still exhibit child-like exuberance .
18 It could therefore be argued that as the districts were neither fully responsible nor fully accountable for the level of poll tax paid by their residents , electors would find it hard to make a judgement on the performance of their own authority based solely on that criterion .
19 We might find it hard today to agree on a description of the differences between women and men — and perhaps they are less marked than we used to think .
20 They may find it hard to adapt or compromise , so that others find them too rigid .
21 And with no funds , the IRB would find it hard to exist . ’
22 At his age he would find it hard to get another . ’
23 The public may find it hard to stomach for very long the fact that schools in one area should be much better or worse funded than those in neighbouring areas , or that age weightings should vary greatly from one area to another .
24 You may find it hard , at first , to remember not to tap the ‘ Enter ’ key so frequently , but it is an important habit to get into for later on when you will want to change the format of your documents .
25 If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back .
26 Even then you may find it hard to relax tense muscles as the habits of the muscles are often very ingrained .
27 They were comfortably beaten by Leicestershire on their Championship debut and will plainly find it hard to bowl sides out , but against that they won four of their first five one-day matches and indicated they could be serious contenders for a trophy .
28 One would find it hard to imagine two more utterly different aspects of the same country than the southern and northern coasts of Spain .
29 This is really , really mega-important , because if you get off to a disorganised start then you 'll find it hard to recover .
30 Many people who have no hearing loss at all , people who have very acute hearing , experience tinnitus and may find it hard to tolerate .
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