Example sentences of "have a hard time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Couple this with a quality assessment system which is riddled with jargon and technical description and the caterer has a hard time deciding what he or she is going to buy and from which company . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 3 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 4 | When I was a boy — just 30 years ago — a store like this would have had a hard time surviving in this small mid-Western Canadian city . |
| 5 | Even though it offers compensation to people who have already bought shops or flats , Albania 's court system , now being rebuilt from scratch after almost 30 years without a justice ministry , will have a hard time sorting out property disputes . |
| 6 | If any of these poor beggars die of cold old Starling will have a hard time digging a hole for them . ’ |
| 7 | They 'd have a hard time proving that , I think , if they were interested in proof ; which I 'm not sure they are . |
| 8 | Some officials have spoken of getting NATO to spread its wings , though they might have a hard time persuading the Canadians and Europeans of that . |
| 9 | He was tremendously successful and his successor will have a hard time emulating him . |
| 10 | But with the size that the baby is already , it 's likely Greene would have a hard time getting her beyond thirty-eight weeks . |
| 11 | While it is true that the speculation is an essential part of science , and true that new ideas may have a hard time gaining acceptance , it does not follow that untested science belongs in court . |
| 12 | I think the NSF would have a hard time answering that question . ’ |
| 13 | Ronny replaces Swindon-striker Fjortoft for the game tonight — Ronny must have done well in the training sessions ( coach Olsen really put some value on how the players perform in training before the games ) and Fjortoft which has been even worse for Swindon than Deano for us might have a hard time to get the attacker place back ( Fjortoft 0 — Deano 3 — Cole 10 is n't it ? ) . |
| 14 | This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better . |
| 15 | But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark . |
| 16 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just having a hard time indentifying you with a business legendary for its ‘ wise old men ’ . |
| 18 | Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the Bodegraven was having a hard time trying to dear Dutch waters . |
| 20 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 21 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |
| 22 | ‘ I had a hard time getting through Ulysses , ’ I responded as lightly as I could . |
| 23 | The staff had a hard time assuring him that is was all make-believe . |
| 24 | I do n't know about you but I have a hard time believing that . |
| 25 | ‘ It must be said that many Christian men still have a hard time seeing women 's issues as their issues too , ’ said Bishop Edmond Browning , Anglican Primate in the USA . |
| 26 | Having watched someone die after being put in succession on steroids , Opren and Distalgesic , I have a hard time trying to be objective . |
| 27 | Judges have a hard time trying to thread their way through the labyrinthine case law . |
| 28 | I just have a hard time writing songs ; it 's just not what I do real well . |
| 29 | By contrast , books such as Randi 's have a hard time finding enthusiastic editors . |