Sentence examples for make it hard to know from inspiring English sources

But even fans of the Fed's efforts have said that the size and scope of the stimulus make it hard to know what will happen once the Fed begins to take its foot off the gas, paving the way for unanticipated consequences and more market volatility.

His inconsistencies make it hard to know what he really wants, if he even knows himself.

Yet the sheer number of regulations can appear overwhelming and make it hard to know where to start.

These complexities make it hard to know exactly how much risk lies in the Lehman Brothers default.

But even for conscientious trainers, working in close proximity to sweaty, shapely people in skimpy clothes can make it hard to know where to draw the line.

He was spiteful and he was weak, although, frankly, so were the medieval historians who chronicled his reign, which can make it hard to know quite how horrible it really was.

Wordlessness does make it harder to know what our daughter, beyond having her words back, would really like.

Yet as it has branched out, it has managed to blur its identity, making it hard to know what HMV is for.

Laird's book has attracted unusual publicity in Britain (it doesn't hurt that his wife is the novelist Zadie Smith): its broad span of forms and topics makes it hard to know what sort of poet he wants to become.

Its voluntary nature and lack of auditing, however, makes it hard to know what progress has been made since it began more than 25 years ago, said Sarah Archer, project manager for the environmental charity FIDRA.

All this neglect, though, makes it hard to know where best to apply the sticking-plasters.