Sentence examples for effect it was hard from inspiring English sources

Earlier in the day, in a visit to the carrier that the White House arranged for maximum political effect, it was hard to tell Mr. Bush from the troops he was visiting.

But it had a lingering effect; it was hard to avoid a certain feeling that there was something almost magical about Israel that made it toxic for friends and foes alike.

Still, he told the sailors and fliers that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," and that "in the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed". Earlier in the day, in a visit to the carrier that the White House arranged for maximum political effect, it was hard to tell Mr. Bush from the troops he was visiting.

FOR sheer theatrical effect, it is hard to beat Arnaud Montebourg.

All serious time-travel stories must deal with the logical conundrum inherent in the concept: once you fool with the normal progression of cause and effect, it's hard to keep any action from seeming capricious.

Although the monarchy can unquestionably have an infantilising effect, it is hard to think of anyone in this country other than the Queen who is more widely respected on the personal level, even by some committed republicans and reflexive defiers of authority.

"When there's a real silo effect, it's hard to be one of the groups who bridges those things, because people will always question you.

However, due to different promoters used in FLPo and FLPe deleter mice and the complication of positional effect, it is hard to conclude whether improved recombination efficacy of FLPo over FLPe is due to codon-optimization or due to gene copy number.

Because alcohol has so many harmful effects it's hard to define safe limits.

If gains in score are small even with large peer effects, it is hard to see how a full voucher program could do much for overall achievement.

Conley (2009) points out that the phenomenon of pleiotropy presents a related challenge for the plausibility of a genetic instrument: since many genes code for proteins that may have multiple functions and effects, it is hard to know for certain that the instrument only affects outcomes through the endogenous regressor.