41.   Finding a divorce lawyer familiar with the difficult tax issues may be nearly as hard as finding a suitable spouse.

42.   Finding miners willing to work underground, though, can be as hard as finding gold itself.

43.   Finding cupid in the haystack can be as hard as finding the proverbial needle, say some lonely-hearts who are looking for friendship and romance in the country.

44.   For Sandra, though, trying to get a share of the wealth proved as hard as flying through a mountain.

45.   Forming a union for temporary workers has proved as hard as herding butterflies, and picketing of abusive agencies would open the protesters to being blackballed.

46.   Growing up gay in England is just as hard as growing up gay anywhere else.

47.   Hard as it is to tell this truth.

48.   Hard as it is for Southerners to accept, there are ways to flavor food besides pig fat.

49.   He can throw the ball as hard as ever.

50.   Hard as that was, she had to work in the same office with him for the next year, until finally he left.