Example sentences of "was hard [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 2 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 4 | It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers . |
| 5 | No service-provider was hard to contact or reluctant to talk about a client . |
| 6 | Colonies were very handy bargaining counters if a state wanted to concede something less important than territory in Europe , but it was hard to imagine that any country would want to take all of its rivals ' imperial possessions . |
| 7 | Cos coal was hard to get and all that . |
| 8 | Because the truth was that this evidence of care and tenderness was harder to bear than any neglect , for it threw into question the whole basis of their lives together . |