Example sentences of "[vb pp] it hard " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is a self which readers of the book can only rarely have found it hard to experience . |
| 2 | No one would lightly believe that either of them has ever found it hard to tell the difference between himself and somebody else . |
| 3 | Since Dionne 's serious no to a casual affair , Jay had found it hard to talk to her . |
| 4 | She had found it hard to reconcile Flora 's intelligence with her old-fashioned wifey-at-home role , retrograde from her schoolmistress mother . |
| 5 | They have found it hard , too , to make a bridge between the 11 years of Mrs Thatcher and the 16 months of Mr Major , to say what a wonderful woman she was , while being unable to explain why they threw her off the sledge . |
| 6 | During the War of Independence Glasgow merchants had found it hard to believe that anything could ever threaten their old , safe monopoly in sugar , cotton , and the ‘ golden weed ’ . |
| 7 | Even in the past , of course , they must have found it hard . |
| 8 | He has never found it hard to practice his goalscoring trade on his travels here , there and everywhere . |
| 9 | Men confused by some of the changes in women 's own expectations of marriage have found it hard to adjust to a wife who now expects her husband to be a thoughtful and technically competent lover , a housefather and a co-counsellor . |
| 10 | The regionals , whose strength tends to be in ales , have found it hard to fight for their own-brand lagers in an image-conscious market , when the big brewers can put massive advertising spending behind their products . |
| 11 | There are very few independent luxury car firms with the reputation of Jaguar , and volume manufacturers have found it hard to develop luxury cars of their own , considered to be competitive with specialists such as Daimler Benz and BMW . |
| 12 | They have found it hard to believe that 100 shares bought in 1973 for £145 are now worth nearly £7,900 . |
| 13 | In civvy street she would have found it hard to find a fellow to chat with and so she likely considered the war a godsend . |
| 14 | But since Cassius 's ‘ The fault lies not in our stars , but in ourselves ’ we have found it hard to take external circumstances as the sole cause of terrible events . |
| 15 | Because of this , authorities have found it hard to justify expenditure on services geared specifically to the needs of young women . |
| 16 | Many of those present had found it hard to pick up the thread of what he was saying and instead had thought with a shiver : " Needles driven into your belly ! |
| 17 | Researchers have found it hard to establish clear patterns of development , either in observing one child or in comparing different stages of reading mastery . |
| 18 | Since no outside authority — whether the employers , the journeymen or the union — ever gratified women 's skills with the respect accorded to men 's , women compositors must have found it hard if not impossible to think of themselves as skilled , or to have even a semblance of the mentality of the skilled journeyman and union member . |
| 19 | In making the choice , the selection conference in the case of the Labour Party , and the constituency executive in the case of the Conservative Party , are not easily moved by pressure from outside and even the leaders of the parties have found it hard to get close friends and political associates nominated . |
| 20 | I think I 've always found it hard to talk to people except for my best mate . |
| 21 | She would have found it hard to speak , anyway . |
| 22 | Several journalists questioned him about whether or not he had found it hard being Laura Ashley 's son and his answer told them more than they had realized . |
| 23 | Thirdly , changes in tax and accounting requirements have shifted some of the administrative burden from the Inland Revenue to individual societies and smaller ones have found it hard to cope . |
| 24 | Without access to case notes and forbidden as part of her training to ask direct questions of either Father Racy or Amy herself , Theodora had at first found it hard to place her either in terms of her problem or socially . |
| 25 | When Peter Adamson wrote the NI 's first editorial back in 1973 he would have found it hard to believe that things could get much worse in the field of trade — but they have . |
| 26 | They badly need to re-establish some credibility , after Warrington , and even they have found it hard to say ‘ no ’ to such a public appeal , from such an unique individual . |
| 27 | He was thin and keen and not unhandsome , but had found it hard to take her lack of interest seriously . |
| 28 | Dick and Ray have found it hard going . |
| 29 | She was an old lady and would have found it hard to forget |
| 30 | After the screening , the audience had the chance to question , Simon Shepherd and Sophie Ward , who admitted they 'd found it hard to play the second romantic leads ; |