Example sentences of "is hardly [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To you the task is daunting ; the act of studying is hardly one of compulsive fascination . |
| 2 | Figure 3.3 shows the recessive pattern : palatalization is hardly present at all except in males over 40 , and the area which has the most recent immigration from the country is the most conservative . |
| 3 | Of course , the word ‘ teaching ’ traditionally has connotations of formal instruction of a closely supervised group of children , which is hardly appropriate to most family settings , although with recent trends in primary education towards informal individualized teaching methods , the parallel is much more valid . |
| 4 | To be an effective leader , to get bureaucrats and legislators to do what he wants them to do a president must retain the support of the public and , in the modern age , that is hardly possible without consistent command of television . |
| 5 | The New Testament is hardly unequivocal on this matter . |
| 6 | And Ron Barry , who inspected and passed them , is hardly likely at this stage willingly to foist unfair or unsuitable fences on the profession he so honourably adorned . |
| 7 | NGC 362 is hardly inferior to 47 , though it is less condensed and less easy to resolve . |
| 8 | In context , the effect of it is hardly apologetic at all : |