Example sentences of "is hard [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for desidero , it is hard to see any difficulty , for it means quite simply ‘ I desire ’ , and is in exactly the same mould as traditional expressions such as volo , ‘ I wish ’ . |
| 2 | In existing housing areas it is hard to see any changes at all , despite the fact that so many of these are extremely unsafe by comparison with newer areas . |
| 3 | But by including inventory in ‘ financial resources ’ it is hard to see any rationale for the definition : in what sense is inventory different from equipment , as a ‘ financial resource ’ ? |
| 4 | Some authorities specify three sinks for dishwashing and allied work but it is hard to see any justification for them . |
| 5 | As Duncan rather carpingly points out , age is a ratio scale but it is hard to see any analysis of age as a variable which exploits this fact . |
| 6 | But it is hard to resist this plan put before me and indeed it ought to be tried since I have no other resource . |
| 7 | The reader will probably have some ideas about why this might be , but it is hard to test such ideas . |
| 8 | Genetic variation could result from a balance between mutation and selection , or from balancing selection alone ; given the general difficulties of finding the causes and genetic basis of polygenic variation , it is hard to take this line of evidence further . |
| 9 | Even under the microscope , it is hard to detect any structure , because of the bewildering variety of nerve fibres criss-crossing one another . |
| 10 | It is hard to resolve this trade-off a priori , but one possibility is to allow all firms to participate in a co-operative project , but not necessarily in the same project , using competition between co-operative R&D projects to inhibit the generation of some of the negative externalities discussed above . |
| 11 | It is hard to reconcile this interpretation with the apparent frugivorous adaptations of Kenyapithecus and the presence in the fauna of at least four other primates ( one other hominoid , one monkey and two small-bodied apes ) , but the interpretation of seasonal forest is consistent with the little that is known about the other afropithecin sites as well . |
| 12 | It is hard to revise that opinion , having seen the early results . |
| 13 | Great wines they may be , but it is hard to define these wines as good sparkling wines and classic Champagnes they most certainly are not . |
| 14 | It is hard to envisage any cooking without lemons , and indeed those of us who remember the shortage or total absence of lemons during the war years , recall the lack as one of the very worst of the minor deprivations of those days . |
| 15 | KEVIN KEEGAN believes that Newcastle wonderkid Lee Clark has the ‘ world at his feet ’ — and it is hard to contest that view . |
| 16 | It is hard to recall any instance — in speech , anyway — of its applying to a man . |
| 17 | The problem is that it is hard to equate this kind of growth with that of any known animal group . |
| 18 | It is hard to read these sentences without a smile . |
| 19 | It is hard to picture this woman as a gawky teenager , arriving in a new town , terribly self-conscious at being a new student . |
| 20 | Besides — and in the way the French Army of those days functioned it is hard to believe such considerations did not pass through Joffre 's mind — if things went badly wrong henceforth at Verdun , the Generalissimo 's responsibility would now be shared by another . |
| 21 | Given Labour 's espousal of the goal of a united Ireland , albeit by the consent of the people , it is hard to believe any accommodation could be reached with the Ulster Unionists . |
| 22 | It will take the London office market years to recover from the 1980s hangover and it is hard to identify any areas of growth other than building all-seater football stadiums . |
| 23 | It is hard to imagine that Leapor would sentimentalize the condition of celibacy , especially if she found herself mocked as an old maid . |
| 24 | Most of the rules are applied strictly and it is hard to imagine any outcome more frustrating than for your legitimate claim to fail simply because you have been guilty of delay . |
| 25 | It is hard to imagine another institution of comparable size achieving this kind of ethos as a result of a single administrative decision , however consensual its support . |
| 26 | The demons of early agony of being abandoned when left alone for longer than we could bear it , the terror of being annihilated by a raging adult , the suffocating experience of being trapped in the tunnel of our mother 's body with a cord tightening round our neck … it is hard to face those feelings again . |
| 27 | In Kuhn 's words ‘ it is hard to find another criterion that so clearly proclaims a field a science ’ . |
| 28 | It is hard to find any reason to ascribe the slightest scientific validity to the Green Bank formula . |
| 29 | At 1988/89 rates ( Home Office , 1990b , p. 110 ) , it cost on average £288 per week to keep an offender in custody , compared with £19 per week to supervise an offender on probation ; yet the Home Office acknowledge : ‘ It is hard to show any effect that one type of sentence is more likely than any other to reduce the likelihood of reoffending , which is high for all ’ ( p. 7 ) . |
| 30 | It is hard to associate that picture with an analysis which shows the use of robots promoting employment . |