Example sentences of "[vb base] hardly [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is another and quite separate development , whose importance and urgency I need hardly stress . |
| 2 | ‘ I need hardly tell you , ’ he continued in his dry voice , ‘ what a blow you dealt to she who cared so much for your welfare . |
| 3 | In a week , you need hardly tread the same way twice . |
| 4 | We need hardly answer this — it depends upon circumstances . |
| 5 | ‘ Adjudicator Bishop , I need hardly remind you that so far your case list borders upon the ludicrous : one accident , possibly murder ; one suicide , possibly murder ; one disaster , possibly mass murder . |
| 6 | I need hardly remind you of the many emergencies that Save The Children has responded to in recent years . |
| 7 | We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation . |
| 8 | ‘ That these enormities have become even conceivable in our country is due , in the first place , we need hardly say , to the odious and as it may prove , fatal institution of universal suffrage . |
| 9 | How I welcomed Night Duty , I need hardly say . |
| 10 | If they feel it likely that a high-fibre diet , which also reduces sugar and fat , will be particularly beneficial to slimmers — as they do — we need hardly say more . |
| 11 | As regards the anatomical studies of late times , with very varied utilization of the microscope , and the otherwise greatly improved means of minute structural investigation , I need hardly say that , by them during the last thirty years , great parts of the science of disease have been completely transfigured . |
| 12 | " They 're in a bit of a twitch over there , I need hardly say . " |
| 13 | They were immensely reassured , I need hardly say . " |
| 14 | I need hardly say that my wife 's first impression of Lewis differed somewhat from my own . |
| 15 | I should have to examine the whole state of the law as to , and the history of the subject of , consideration , which , I need hardly say , I do not propose to do . |
| 16 | I need hardly say that I do n't care to have things so . |
| 17 | On the other hand , my journeys in Wiltshire had made me a familiar figure to the police , and I consulted them about evacuating from London a distinguished man , of whose name , I need hardly say , they had never heard . |
| 18 | Birds have never been one of my major interests , I need hardly say . |
| 19 | As Rivera reached the door Schellenberg added , ‘ I need hardly say that if one word of this leaks out you will end up in the River Spree , my friend , and your cousin in the Thames . |
| 20 | Type 4 I need hardly say how glad I am . |
| 21 | I need hardly say I have found it difficult to hold my tongue on so important a matter over the last eighteen months . |
| 22 | I need hardly say that that 's not going to be done with courtesy of the odd telephone call . |
| 23 | The causes of the tides need hardly concern us here , except to state that the interaction of the solar and lunar gravitational effects , the shape of the oscillating basins , i.e. the seas and the oceans , the earth 's rotation , and the modification imposed upon tides by coastal configuration produces tides of varying range from virtually nil in many oceanic situations to very high figures at the head of certain bays and estuaries , for example 15 m ( 50 ft ) at the head of the Bay of Fundy and 12 m ( 40 ft ) at Avonmouth in the Bristol Channel . |
| 24 | IN A thoughtful leader , The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald deals with the issues of the forthcoming General Election : ‘ A considerable number of our readers , we need hardly point out , are debarred by their rank ( and a few for other reasons ) from casting votes for the membership of the new House of Commons . |
| 25 | ( I need hardly add that , at the time , I noticed none of them . ) |
| 26 | I need hardly add that this is the view held by Dr McNab . " |
| 27 | I need hardly add that men should remember the importance of regular haircuts . |
| 28 | All expenses paid , I need hardly add , and of course , this will mean that should you er , get through to the final , you will need to do an audition , live on air , in the day or two before Christmas . |
| 29 | I assure you that now I am completely grown-up — though Daddy does n't seem to think so , I need hardly add . |