Example sentences of "it is hard [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is harder to build than to destroy . |
| 2 | Many people think it is hard to assess whether a building is worth preserving and ask what the criteria are for trying to save it . |
| 3 | In theoretical terms , too , it is hard to object because , of course , everybody has their own detailed definition of what it might contain . |
| 4 | There is no reason to suspect Tribonian of pontifical predilections , so it is hard to suppose that this is an interpolation . |
| 5 | Today it is hard to realise that the canal was the late eighteenth-century equivalent to the M1 , which lies five miles away to the east . |
| 6 | On these occasions , it is hard to realise that not so very far away , industry and commerce are hard at work . |
| 7 | The simultaneous withdrawal of the state from regulative intervention in labour matters clearly advantaged employers and it is hard to deny that all this amounted to class legislation . |
| 8 | When you are tense it is hard to relax but that is just what you need to do . |
| 9 | In parts of Britain , particularly in parts of Wales , second home ownership has been fiercely contested by some locals , but it is hard to judge whether such opposition is justified . |
| 10 | He had my lord 's entire confidence — indeed it is hard to credit that anyone could change so radically as has my uncle . ’ |
| 11 | It may be that some hereditary peers are well worth a place , but it is also true that some who are not hereditary peers are equally deserving and it is hard to argue that they should not be considered on their merits on the same basis , with life peerages being conferred on those most suitable . |
| 12 | It is hard to decide whether the result is better seen as self-indulgent twaddle , or , as Robert Lowell said of the Oxford Book of Modern Verse : ‘ Maybe it 's the ultimate Larkin poem ’ , so maybe this is the supreme Ted Hughes fiction . |
| 13 | The principal difficulty is that it is quite clear that the texts of the classical jurists have not been left as they were written ; and since it is clear that Justinian was keen on enforcement in all circumstances , it is hard to decide whether we should take all reference to it to be a product of his ardour , or the more extreme cases of public interest to be acceptable classical examples . |
| 14 | Grant suggests a tourniquet , but it is hard to do as the worst cut is so close to the armpit . |
| 15 | It is hard to say whether any conclusions may be draw for the British car industry by considering the car industries of other countries . |
| 16 | It is hard to say whether speeches have any effect nowadays . |
| 17 | Most of the other metopes are fragmentary , and it is hard to say if they carry out this distinction , though the little that remains of the lion suggests that it went well with the other western ones . |
| 18 | The first is that it is hard to ensure that the industry really does minimize costs . |
| 19 | It is hard to verify whether or not this is the dreadful fish it is made out to be or whether the tales are apocryphal , but what is certain is that the species itself does exist . |
| 20 | This seems to be correct , for in a legal system where the potential treaty parties number only around two hundred , it is hard to assert that the identity of a treaty partner is immaterial . |
| 21 | It is hard to assert that a general duty of supervision exists in the absence of fraud by the member States , which would be hard to ascertain , or as a matter of policy to ensure the responsible operation of an international organisation . |
| 22 | The Cold War was at its height when Peter Benenson , the British lawyer , founded Amnesty , and three decades later it is hard to believe that the Moscow AI Group finally has permission to become part of Soviet life . |
| 23 | It is hard to believe that it was a right judgement about all the other people possible . |
| 24 | Nuclear power may be in eclipse , but it is hard to believe that it — and the fast reactor — will not return to favour as carbon dioxide increases and the greenhouse effect 's regime becomes more severe . |
| 25 | When you tip the seed from the packet it is hard to believe that from almost every one a plant will arise , so do not let them fall too thickly into the soil . |
| 26 | ‘ It is hard to believe that it could come in the Grand National , ’ Gaselee said . |
| 27 | It is hard to believe that an inhabitant of the political jungle can be nice ; but in his case all those qualities that we heap under the label of niceness are aspects of the real man . |
| 28 | As it is hard to believe that even MI5 thinks there are that many subversives , spies and traitors in the country , it must keep a lot of files on innocent people . |
| 29 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 30 | When one considers the huge cost overruns the West has on each new fighter , tank and warship , it is hard to believe that the same does not happen in Russia . |