1.   Of course it seems hard in our affluent times that the poor miner should have to suffer all of these deductions.

2.   This seems hard on the hippopotamus.

3.   In all three cases, it seems hard to conceive helping in any other way than as doing part of the activity denoted by the infinitive oneself.

4.   Here it seems hard to say that the party seeking to rely on the exemption clause is contracting on his own written standard terms.

5.   Their eyes met, and all at once it seemed hard to breathe.

6.   And it seems hard to believe that Sommer can patch up his alliance with France Telecom.

7.   Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength?

8.   At first blush, such news seems as hard to criticize as motherhood and apple pie.

9.   At first blush, this aim of massaging the world oil market to bring stable prices seems as hard to criticize as motherhood and apple pie.

10.   At first sight it may seem hard to believe that languages as different as English and Japanese, say, share any commonalities.