Example sentences of "finds it hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walter Swinburn finds it hard to believe Zilzal will ever be beaten and the son of Nureyev will attempt to extend his sequence to six out of six in next month 's Breeders ' Cup Mile in Florida . |
| 2 | He finds it hard to communicate with people , not least his separated parents . |
| 3 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |
| 4 | James Woods finds it hard to hang on to his sanity in this comic role |
| 5 | Claudia finds it hard to imagine them doing all of these things in a country garden . |
| 6 | He finds it hard to understand why he keeps his more melodic side hidden . |
| 7 | ( If Channel 4 finds it hard to attract an audience , what are the chances of Channels 5 to 15 , or even 50 ? ) |
| 8 | Whereas BA senior finds it hard to survive between annual meetings — and now has difficulty in attracting 1500 people to what should be an annual science feast — BAYS is a thriving operation , with branches all over the country . |
| 9 | She is so slowed down by the dope slamming fifty visions of hell at her a second that she finds it hard to fight , hard to believe in her own anger , hard to believe in what she 's doing . |
| 10 | She might , however , reach the conclusion which Hapgood finds it hard to take on board — that espionage is a game best understood and appreciated by small boys . |
| 11 | Since so many of their coastal farms have now disappeared beneath a raft of asphalt and concrete , we have tended to forget the minor variations in the landscape which so influenced the earlier farmers ; even in the ‘ rural ’ Weald modern urban man finds it hard to distinguish the overlay of later centuries from Saxon patterns . |
| 12 | Sometimes , one finds it hard to understand why Americans are so disliked on the sports field . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it would help relations between client and accountant , since the small company client often sees the audit as a waste of money and finds it hard to appreciate the amount of time involved in vouching and verifying figures for audit . |
| 14 | Sometimes he finds it hard to understand what I want to say , but he does n't mind how long he waits while I repeat it , and he always understands in the end . |
| 15 | To this day Ann finds it hard to believe they were convicted . |
| 16 | Mr E finds it hard to understand , if he compares Dave with his ‘ hard-working , extremely bright sister ’ , one year older , also at this school , how there can be two such different children in one family . |
| 17 | Because the firm finds it hard to keep pace with demand , other conversion shops around the country may soon be licensed to do the job . |
| 18 | With an 8% inflation rate , the Philippines anyway finds it hard to compete with most of its successful neighbours . |
| 19 | Holland , most of it lying at or below sea-level , finds it hard to dig holes for waste . |
| 20 | Manne finds it hard to understand why it is unfair , or unjust , or immoral to allow a voluntary arrangement in which individuals are given additional incentives to produce more of a valuable commodity by being allowed to share in the new value of the commodity they produce . |
| 21 | Gustafson admits that he now finds it hard to sell a pre- mixed foundation . |
| 22 | She is such a sincere person herself , she finds it hard to believe anyone can behave as you did . |
| 23 | He finds it hard to resist the conclusion that there are some very important implications here , which extend beyond the domain of reading research and education , and touch upon the fundamental issues of democracy and equality . |
| 24 | Using dictionaries does n't itself teach people how to spell ; but someone whose spelling is uncertain finds it hard to use dictionaries at all . |
| 25 | She finds it hard to think clearly about Charles . |
| 26 | ASK WHAT HE 'S AFRAID OF , and he finds it hard to think of one thing . |
| 27 | Bradley finds it hard to imagine ‘ a stockbroker and a labourer screaming and bellowing in the wilds of Dorset ’ , but at the same time , he suspects that perhaps British men might get some benefit out of it . |
| 28 | In actual fact , if a court finds it hard to know whether a particular situation comes within the words of a statute or not , the probability is the situation was not foreseen by the legislature , so that the Lords and Members of Parliament would be just as puzzled by it as the judges are . |
| 29 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 30 | She finds it hard to get to sleep , unless she 's exhausted , and even then she sleeps lightly . |