1.   But it is hard for students who have lost their parents or are mentally disturbed.

2.   I could hear strange voices outside the room.?

3.   It is also very hard for apparatchiks at the grassroots of the party to understand.

4.   It must be hard for her, bringing up three kids on her own.

5.   It was hard for her, going to live in a strange city where she knew no-one.

6.   It was hard for Kent, a new and very young company member as well as white, not to feel excluded.

7.   Life is hard for us women.

8.   Life was hard for the peasants, especially in the conservative south, where class distinctions were pronounced.

9.   Like many children who are relatively weak in these skills, the elementary school years were hard for Louisa.

10.   The idea of training hard for the jump was soon shelved and the day of reckoning drew nearer.