Example sentences of "[be] hard [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I expect like yours , they 're hard wood and then er aluminium at the |
| 2 | That 's what Jim says , they 're hard , they 're hard bastards like . |
| 3 | These are hard questions to answer , so be prepared to take your time and dig deep . |
| 4 | I should also point out that sajica are hard water fish and the others come from soft , acid water . |
| 5 | The filming in the tropics was ‘ just nerve-racking ’ , prompting Dustin to say that ‘ all pictures are hard work , although some actors have an easier time than others . |
| 6 | Fortunately many of our hill railways and tramways have so far managed to escape the nightmare of the gricer archaeologists — landscaping and land reclamation — because their earthworks , light though they may be , are hard work even for modern ploughs . |
| 7 | Yes , exhibitions are hard work ! |
| 8 | Many women wish they had more children ( 29% ) , and a resounding 87% agree that ‘ children are hard work but worth the effort ’ . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the bits in between are hard work and ultimately are not really worth the bother . |
| 10 | You are hard work ! |
| 11 | ‘ Some of these lads are hard cases — little frightens them . |
| 12 | But these are hard times for Moroccans , what with a $22 billion foreign debt , a depressed market for the country 's main export , phosphates , and the after-effects of a long drought . |
| 13 | These are hard times for beer sellers which may lead to beer cellars being fuller than otherwise they would be . |
| 14 | No , ours are hard wood solid but |
| 15 | Most of them are hard man . |
| 16 | If we go to the first style of A this is an activist and some of you have got high scores here we 've got sixteen fifteen and twelve these are , these are hard activist . |
| 17 | oh dear , come here ooh , these are hard shape ai n't they boy ? |
| 18 | And the novel which got written breathes life into this sentence 's very unpromising warrant for the ‘ truth ’ of what is being told , namely that there are hard facts or perhaps it is just being made up . |
| 19 | These are hard facts . |
| 20 | ‘ When times are hard people should buy useful things and buy the best they can afford , ’ he says . |
| 21 | You often find that when times are hard people buy a Mills and Boon for an inexpensive treat . ’ |
| 22 | We found that in areas of Southern Norway and Sweden , and areas of Scotland where there are hard granite rocks and thin soils , that many of the lakes and streams have shown er a progressive acidification since the industrial revolution , and that this has accelerated in recent years , until about ten years ago , when er the emissions of So2 from the U K , particularly fell , about , between about nineteen seventy and er today of about thirty or fell forty per cent drop . |
| 23 | " The Prussians are hard workers , dedicated people . |
| 24 | and you know , I mean I know I 'm a Geordie , Geordies are hard workers , I mean they 're noted for their hard work and it 's , it 's horrible because they 've always , they always suffer |
| 25 | The fingerboard is plain , dot-free Indian rosewood , with a two-fret extension over the soundhole to bring the number of frets up to twenty-two ; The frets themselves are hard nickel silver , made in Holland — not the kind that will need replacing after a year or so . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , it 's been hard work . ’ |
| 27 | I find this very difficult to erm , to relate , to relate hard work to the women portraying in , in this , we 've got the postcard of that one , erm it must of been hard work and very tedious , but I think every now and then the moment breaks away and shines through at the back , and I think people like , like Gaugin erm captures those moments and then releases them on the canvass , and I hope that erm by , I hope I 've been able to show you how I use art as a voice erm and a friend as my own work , even though we 've maybe had to do such a sort of hand fist way , hand fisted way , erm , but , I , I 've recently started to re-visit old favourite of paintings and I found that the story they tell sometimes has changed dramatically , maybe sometimes when your very little that , that , you know , sometimes dramatically as well , erm , but I , mostly , most importantly its , its still , I still find them , all of them compelling and challenging and , and something to stride for in my own work , erm , er only time will tell so I 'll finish with the , the last poem which is erm comes from the postcard what 's going round which is harvest , its called Patterns In The Grass , Wheat cut and falls , making lion head patterns in the grass , sickle shaped women bend and bow as a naive dressed as a dog steals the evening meal . |
| 28 | Joanne really has been hard work , right from the day she was born . |
| 29 | It had been hard work , but now I understood why people wanted to be National Trust volunteers . |
| 30 | The main ingredient for success , however , has been hard work and determination to complete the task . |