1.   The showing for the hard left was disappointing.

2.   They were stars of the hard left, but we have heard little about them during the election struggle.

3.   Mr Steve King, leader of the hard left, denounces his fellow-councillors as dunderheads, nincompoops and dolts.

4.   Too little, say the Tories, too much says the hard left.

5.   But not the perfect line, for it rode too far left on a ridge, missed the right break it needed to take, and fell hard left.

6.   Even Woods was surprised when the ball sailed high into the air, landed softly on the green, then took a hard left and disappeared into the cup.

7.   From our right, a black-and-white, lights flashing and siren blaring, made a hard left in front of us.

8.   He managed to land a few hard lefts that brought life and offered a glimmer of hope to his until-then silent fans.