1 But New Zealand's high rates of family violence are hardly a secret.
2 Well, I'm hardly a good example of a stable American, am I?
3 For countries already battered by the debt crisis, that's hardly a consolation.
4 American Hustle, hardly a comedy, actually won the thing two years ago.
5 It's hardly a great time to be young and British, is it?
6 Yet if internal factors constrain evolution, they are hardly a minor issue.
7 But when you look at the expenses, it's hardly a good value.
8 Today there's hardly a town, city or prairie untouched by the Irish.
9 He wasn't home either, although by now this is hardly a surprise.
10 In terms of even recent historical perspective, it was hardly a coupon-buster.
11 But the vote was hardly a clarion call for further disruptive action.
12 Her simple desire to meet a brigadier is hardly a German copyright.
13 It was hardly a pirate ship, a place for freedom and adventure.
14 The statement, which announced an impending hunger strike, was hardly a surprise.
15 After Showers's BBC debut, of course, their arrival was hardly a secret.
16 This is hardly a caricature of what happens under some modern governments.
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