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But it also might be hard to get into a serious conversation with him, which can be frustrating.

The official reason for the delay is a parts shortage, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what part would be hard to get.

We are glad to say that people have realized the danger of pollution and a large number of them are working hard to get rid of it.

I don't think people should have to work very hard to get what you are trying to say visually.

With that in regard, we shall grasp the opportunity, trying hard to get rid of such a 'non-market economy' name as soon as possible.

We have followed him for a few days, but we find it hard to get the goods on him.

You know, we fought hard to get at least a small Pakistani contingent to come.

i'd say they do. jobs are so hard to get if you're lucky enough to have one, you know that you're expected to pull your weight.

He's such a strange person that we all find it hard to get along with him .

It was a little hard to get a hold of them when I tried to call, so try several times.

This is hard to get now is a society that many people first consider a good job, how much money or work for a decent choice.

one has had to work so hard to get money, why should he impose on himself the further hardship of trying to save it?

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed: they're easy to get into, but hard to get out of.

She had been given a sensitive skin sunscreen by the dermatologist, but it was a cream and hard to get under her eyes.

At least, I did not detect any note of rejection or hatred, she was just playing hard to get.

And once we're in that bad place, in a mood where we just don't care about anything, it's pretty hard to get out of it.

It leads to mindreader syndrome, in which alert team members work hard to get you to tell them what you want.

I tried really hard to get out of this school, and only now do I realise just how much I want to stay.

As with an actual gold mine, you still have to work hard to get the gold out of it.

Having been brought up in the countryside, he found it hard to get used to town life.

After returning from his vacation, Nicholas had to work hard to get up to speed at his job.

As I said before, you should never dwell in your past negative experiences. Sometimes it is hard to get out of a funk, however.

And I was told, 'Hey, you know what, if you go against the things we sent you there for, we are going to work just as hard to get you out.

A year after Washington rescued the big names of American finance, it's still hard to get a loan.

The experience of being awake inside my own dreams was hard to get used to, and I'd get too excited and wake up almost instantly.

It's hard to get used to the idea because usually you win trophies as a team and that's what I enjoy so much.

It's hard to get up the energy to write a book that you know is going to be obsolete in two years.

As I said before I felt very comfortable today and I am sure that Felipe's crew will work hard to get the best out of his car.

"He worked really hard to get Costco to pay attention to him, and when they did, it put him on the map, " she said.

That's why it seems so hard to get ourselves together, so easy to let ourselves fall apart.

He said, "Looks like I played hard to get a leave. . . and I am proud of myself. . . and I'm getting to be a simple person. "

Others find it hard to get going and need a bit of time working on something easy to "warm up" .

Easy to get in, it's hard to get out.

No one's going to say to them, 'You don't have to work extra hard to get that project done; just turn in what you got. '

Toggle Clamp-Place on any surface, vertical or horizontal, to hold any piece, where it might be normally hard to get a clamp.

Cathy: The feedback from colleagues surrounding him showed that it was hard to get along with him.

That's my little pitch for that, just helping out my friends Dave and Duncan who are also working hard to get the word out.

It's hard to get a grasp on such large numbers. So let me share a few observations on what they mean.

Much work was needed to bring them up to scratch and these young men worked hard to get ready for an opening to the public in June.

Since James is hardly ever home, it is hard to get hold of him.

It's hard to get money. It's not the sort of thing that happens by default.

t say, like telling a secret. Because if you let a cat out of a bag, it is hard to get it back in!

Play hard to get by talking to her a bit and then walking away.

"The workers know it's not a problem with our factory itself, it's just hard to get our money back, " he said.

"It's already hard to get classes at a community college, so just imagine when I'm trying to transfer, " Corpuz says.

In Brazil businesses find it hard to get loans from private banks for longer than a year, and interest rates remain high.

"They know companies are trying hard to get the product out the door before the holiday" , and that gives them more bargaining power.

In fact, she's been working really hard to get me back to Minneapolis. She says, 'You'll get such a great reception there! '

Now we have to work hard to get players back in the right physical and mental frame of mind for another tough test at Stoke.

It was also revealed today that Jobs fought hard to get plans approved for a spaceship-style company headquarters in California.

They find it too hard to get work, too easy to get welfare and too tempting to breed.

"If you think it is hard to get humans to follow traffic laws, " we read, "imagine convincing an asteroid to move along an ellipse. "

Tom's mother is very strict with him, so he finds it hard to get along well with her.

Back in the days of the Mattel Cabbage Patch Kid craze it was usually very hard to get one for the kiddies.

In India, where infrastructure is always a headache, it is hard to get a good basic landline, let alone broadband.

She said that she must work hard to get a high mark.

Secretive and aloof, Kreuger, like Madoff, built his mystique by playing hard to get and retreating into a tight little zone of privacy.

I tried hard to get in touch with him but was unable to.

Economists tell us it's hard to get rich quick, but easy to get rich slowly.

Retailers are rejoicing about record sales and a table in restaurants is as hard to get as a hotel room in ski resorts.

In LA, it's hard to get around without being followed [by the paparazzi] all the time. It makes you a bit paranoid.

"If you're the chief anything, you always have a problem with people telling you what you want to hear. It's hard to get criticism. "

It's not hard to get the children talking. The problem is too hard to stop them.

You can still hear a lot of Dolly on my first records, but I worked hard to get her sound out of my voice.

He's a fantastic defender, he doesn't let his man out of his sight and he's very hard to get past in one-on-ones.

It is quite hard to get into a university because there are usually more students than there are places at university.

If you think it is hard to get humans to follow traffic laws, imagine convincing an asteroid to move along an ellipse.

And since the cost and benefit may be different for each bank, it may be hard to get them to agree through negotiation.

Once you develop the habit of smoking, you'll find it hard to get out of.

'I have spent 10 years here already, ' he said. 'It took me some time to get used to American life. Now, it'd be hard to get used to China.

But recoveries after financial crises tend to be lackluster, as people remain cautious and credit remains hard to get a hold of.

None of the "triallists" made a major impression, although they found it hard to get clean possession.

With so many teams managing the site, it's hard to get them all rowing the boat (actually, your Web site) in the same direction.

Zhang says if the important private information is stolen by hackers, it would be hard to get compensation from the website.

That's because, surprisingly enough, it's hard to get the oxygen out of the water, not the hydrogen.

He said these loans are increasingly hard to get and their costs are rising.

Given this unattractive feature of flexi-loan, a borrower would be working hard to get back to the highway to enjoy its facilities.

He worked hard to get the support of party leaders. But they did not give Clay their support.

Love is hard to get into, uggs on sale, but harder to get out of.

Blogs are a goldmine of formerly hard to get insight from CEO's, marketing guru's and others who never used to have a public forum.

You haven't half made a change here, Mrs Plank. You must have worked very hard to get the place cleaned up like this.

hard to A mechanic had told him the plate was hard to get on . . .

If you aren't an avid reader, it may feel hard to get started, but as you keep reading, you'll find it more and more fun, at least I did.

The vice presidential candidates were also working hard to get out the vote.

It will be hard to get attention for "weight loss, " but you could create a great following for yourself with "gourmet low-carb. "

To tell you the truth, it is hard to get along with her.

We've got to work pretty hard to get carbon emissions down.

The son of a modest Texas farmer, Peter wanted a bigger, grander life than his father led, and he worked hard to get it.

Well, her boss says she's a good worker, but some of her co-workers say she's hard to get along with.

Those who like an exclusive Eurogroup fret that, once the Poles are in the room, it may be hard to get them out.

We are working hard to get the server back online as soon as possible but at the moment we have no eta for when it will be finished.

The've got that sandbox model that's hard to get out of.

Landlocked regions are hard to get goods to, though infrastructure improvements have eased some of those pressures.

Once the loss of this surface-smelling its might, has opened a false aura of this layer will have a never been upset and hard to get lonely.

Deliveries may be late, or you may have problems with appliances or machines that make it hard to get things done.

Without some sort of balance it is hard to get by in everyday life.

I know bus drivers work hard to get me here and there, but I think I would worry a lot if he was my husband.

It was a setback and it meant I was put on a different programme and I had to work twice as hard to get back.

If it is in a place that is hard to get to, like deep in the chest or abdomen, the surgeon would then have to cut into the chest or abdomen.

"It's going to be a titanic struggle with publishers trying hard to get Amazon to abandon the $10-bestsellers pricing, " says Edgerly.

Positive first experiences can inspire us for a lifetime, but negative ones can be hard to get past.

For a man standing alone between Europe and its future, Vaclav Klaus is playing hard to get.

There is nothing wrong with playing hard to get, particularly if you are the prettiest girl at the dance.

As it was Christmas eve, the line was quite hard to get through, especially an overseas call.

Small firms find it hard to get loans or do not trust the high-street banks to stick with them if their businesses run into trouble.

( ) If organic materials are hard to get, one is allowed to use GMO raw materials tentatively.

Aoi: He's shy and tries to be cool. But he's a good guy, and hard to get close to.

The experience taught me a lesson that there is no free lunch. I have to work hard to get what I want.

Theoretically, it is boring to make an analysis and accurate statistics needed for analysis and prediction, which is always hard to get.

But it may be a bit hard to get the same one now.

"Living in China today, " he said, "is like watching a gripping film-it's just too hard to get up and leave half-way. "

It's hard to get Congress moving, so why undermine the current sense of urgency with half measures?

Despite the convenience of online buying, many migrant workers, who often lack basic computer skills, found it hard to get a ticket online.

In fact, it's very hard to get money out the door and impossible to do it quickly.

'We have relatively low and declining inventories and a refining sector that's finding it hard to get the crude it needs. '

If you're working with a standard tower PC, there are a lot of places in the box that are hard to get a good visual on.

As for Ronaldinho's fitness, if he doesn't move I am sure that he will knuckle down and train hard to get back to his previous levels.

While I was out on the hustings, Betsey Wright was working hard to get the mechanics in place.

Playing hard to get is as easy as turning a pumpkin into a carriage.

Right. If it was hard to get this certification right?

'I think we're all producing more good players but it's hard to get them to breakthrough at the level we need them and that will take time.

So this is some of the challenge that we have here, is you can see that it's actually kind of hard to get the -- there we go.

However the current policy does not apply for slow-moving trains, whose tickets are particularly hard to get during peak times.

For women who have had kids, that area is very hard to get back in shape.

But I got a problem, I find it hard to get along with my boss.

However, we are working hard to get Disclosure acknowledged, and then we can really help you and would not delay coming amongst you.

But despite the rehabilitation of the case for regulation, politicians may find it hard to get a grip.

They pulled the car hard to get it out the hole .

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

It's hard to see where you're going, there's trees in your way, and the herrings are hard to get.

"But for graduates from other parts of the country, the permit would still be hard to get, " Xiao warned.

Third wife is after a hard to get, the husband often beside her sweet words, but rather to the fourth wife as well.

Challenging thing is to stay at the top its hard to get there so it's hard work to stay there.

"Hey, " Jonathan said, taking the cigarette out of Marc's hand. "Watch it. He worked hard to get here. "

Permits are expensive and hard to get so foreign capital amounts to less than 1% of those markets.

Time to move on to the next guy, because when someone checks out, it's hard to get them back.

"I've always had to work hard, so the idea of having to work hard to get a non-executive position doesn't put me off, " she says.

"Once someone is labelled as being without consciousness, it is very hard to get rid of that, " he told Der Spiegel.

I found it hard to get along well with him.

It's been hard to get any concrete information about China's aid program to Fiji since the military rulers took over in December 2006.

People, it is hard to get an infantry force from the sea to the shore, then logistically support that infantry before it is destroyed.

But after a month, two months or possibly a year off, it can be hard to get started again.

When interviewed, men seemed to agree: they said that hard to get women were probably more popular, beautiful and had better personalities.

When I look out at the future, and at the long path that's still ahead of me, it's not hard to get discouraged.

CALVIN: Huh? How can you move into a building if you don't check? You don't want to live somewhere where it's hard to get cable.

Advertisers must work hard to get their message across . The best chance to reach customers is to appeal to their emotions .

Just as a rolling stone gathers no moss, mobile people are hard to get to know.

Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.

Cleaning windows can be tough. It's hard to get them clean and streak-free. I'm going to show you the way pros do it - with a squeegee.

FOR 22 years America has banned HIV-positive people from entering the country without a hard-to-get waiver for fear of the virus spreading.

The Conference Board said more Americans believed business conditions were bad and that jobs were hard to get.

After trying her best, Linda found it hard to get on well with her stepmother.

Fat shiva Jane and cocoa has always been proud, don't put others eyes, it is hard to get along with others.

You'll create a cycle of constantly pushing things off to another day that is very hard to get out of.

Indeed, this may be why, at the top schools, it is surprisingly hard to get admissions staff on the phone.

Some of these offer some really good step-by-step tutorials, but for others, they can be hard to get into.

I haven`t had any exercise for six months, so it`s going to be hard to get into shape.

They may find it hard to get a foot in the door.

Women are coy. They like to play hard to get. They like to enjoy the chase. They love anticipation. They love to "let a guy catch them" .

A hill is hard to go up and a pill is hard to get down !

But the percentage of would-be borrowers finding loans hard to get continues to grow (see chart).

It's hard to get business done if you can't find talented people to do it or if you're stuck half a day at the Newark, N. J. , airport.

It's hard to get out of debt.

Then snap to it. Don't play hard to get with a man who's hard to get.

As with other measures of the Chinese economy, it's hard to get a precise gauge on how housing prices have been changing in the country.

Even more encouraging, consumers' labor market assessment improved, with the "jobs hard to get" index declining.

It's hard to get a ticket at the moment.

No matter what happens, you should work hard to get admitted by an ideal university.

The biggest obstacle is lack of funding, he says. "If 'sex' is in your grant proposal, it's very hard to get it approved. "

Yes, it wasn't too hard to get. All I had to do was fill out the paperwork and pay the application fee.

Exercise. Exercise can help your mood. It may be hard to get motivated, so modify your usual routine if you need to.

It is also hard to get real estate shoppers out in cold weather to look at waterfront real estate.

POOL: Exceptional, best sun beds ever although it could be hard to get one during our second week when the hotel was very full.

Some people, for one reason or another, must give up the seat they fought for so hard to get.

Even if you do get a relevant degree, it is hard to get into the industry because of a certain amount of elitism.

The Republican Party finds it hard to get the answer right because it has just undergone a revolution of its own.

You are definitely not a quitter -- you will work long and hard to get what you want.

I made the casing wider than I would normally because the thick seams are hard to get the elastic past.

Unless you will particularly firm, target particularly clear, otherwise it's very hard to get a complete thing.

He tried hard to get across to us what he really wanted.

He tried hard to get away, but the "tiens-bon-la" was good and would not let go.

B: Well, I guess she's trying to play hard-to-get.

Apartments were hard to get but I rented a good one from a Russian prince.

Compared with MC cloze, since all the choices are eliminated in the open cloze, testes find it hard to get higher scores.

Lastnight he stood me up. I thought he is trying to play hard-to-get.

Well, I guess she's trying to play hard-to-get.

It seems like it is hard to get away from using individual getters (and setters) on entity EJB components in the session facade.

With so few housing transactions going through, it's hard to get a read on where prices are heading.

Because the best things in life are free "happiness and love cannot be bought, only oneself hard to get. "

The high school students are working hard to get well prepared for the forthcoming entrance examination.

The president didn't try very hard to get Congress to agree to the intervention, some say, because he didn't think he had the votes.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we'd find it just as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

Businesses with better prospects may find it hard to get credit, as long as troubles in Germany's banking system remain unresolved.

You are never alone because there must be one trying hard to get closer to you.

This is hard to get used to, especially if you have kids who like to get up early, but there is always a way to make it happen!

They are surrounded by black, so from a photographic point of view, it's quite hard to get any detail into the eyes.

What would a choc lover do when he lives in the place where choc are hard to get?

Julia Roberts has the fame, the fortune, and the fabulous looks, but she's also worked hard to get to the top.

The Capacitated Plant Location Problem (CPLP) is a NP problem and hard to get an optimal and satisfactory solution.

The Nigerian would have come to Europe, but knew visas were hard to get.

But such plum jobs are hard to get, especially for graduates of the less prestigious public schools.

Everybody has to work hard to get anything and Joe is no different from anybody else.

Lower oil prices, sagging demand for energy and hard-to-get credit have caused many firms to cut back on renewables worldwide.

Break tasks in to hour increments. Long tasks are hard to get into; feels like it all needs to get done.

This tramp-monster is no truer to life than the sinister Chinaman of the magazine stories, but he is very hard to get rid of.

I guess you're trying to play hard-to-get.

On the rare days that I don't get enough, I try hard to get at least a 20-30 minute nap in the afternoon.

We have been taught, for the most part, that we need to work hard to get anywhere in life.

The fisherman was lucky enough to catch a hard-to-get fish.

Another effective tactic is to make limited-edition handbags which are hard to get hold of.

some less-social people find it hard to get motivated to make plans at all.

I guess she's trying to play hard-to-get.

The devotees had worked hard to get permission, so they were really eager to chant and dance.

Potential Bust-Up: If nobody wants to work with Gibson, he'll find it hard to get those low-budget roles.

Many environmental groups, meanwhile, have been pushing hard to get the bill signed.

I hope that you can study hard to get good grades as well!

And I promised her that I am going to work extra hard to get it.

As heartening as the win was, Wenger realizes it will be hard to get to the top and harder to stay there.

I'll take the stones. It's kind of hard to get a tree trunk into my hand luggage.

He knew that they would all need to work very hard to get the iron box to start moving.

Commercial companies therefore find it hard to get funding without government support.

I don't know if she's just playing hard-to-get or if she really does not like me.

Yes, it is hard to get a table at El Bulli, particularly if you stick to the conventional approach.

I find it hard to get along with him.

Many bloggers and website owners find it hard to get their sites listed on major search engines like , , and others.

Don't forget what you ever have, not to say things hard to get. Don't give up things belong to yourself, remember what have gone.

Then, when smoking become a personal habit, those addicted smokers will find it's so hard to get rid of.

Yes, it will be hard to get rid of, especially because "giving up" is partnered with another negative ingredient named "laziness" .

Janis worked hard to get her fledgling business off the ground.

Maybe because all of these it is so hard, it is too hard to get it.

"The low average income also means that it is hard to get an education and to become a scientist, " he says.

I'm doing poorly in math, which makes it hard to get admitted to a good college.

Because I was still only a young lad I had determination and I worked hard to get better.

You have to work hard to get the victory in away games as it is not easy, " Sir Alex explained. "

It can be hard to get a feel for the work environment in a formal interview.

So it depends on the situation of the groups in detail, assuming that effects of lower body is very thin so hard to get.

But his latest grumpy comments suggest he is still playing hard to get.

The girl is playing hard to get. She doesn't return Luming's phone calls, but everyone knows that she really likes him.

Although to get to Liu's headquarters was not so hard, to get into the Liberated Areas in the first place was another matter.

15 policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street.

Women especially find it hard to get property rights, though they often do most of the farm work.

I had been studying very hard to get my first degree and the Master's Degree.

Well; I guess heins trying to play hard-to-get.

Gradients, rounded corners, drop shadows, it's extremely hard to get away from the strongest of trends in our industry.

We're working hard to get a balance between ease of use and depth in naval combat.

Corks are hard to get back in, so opened wine doesn't hold up well in the fridge.

As its spokesman Chris Hughes says: "It's embedded itself to an extent where it's hard to get rid of. "

Modest though his needs were, he found it hard to get by on his income.

Jack: It must have been hard to get into the parking lot.

Uh, sorry about that! It's thruster lubricant. Uh, kinda hard to get off. Sorry.