be hard to enforce

Frequency: 8.517.2 per million words

Similar to 'difficult to enforce', suggesting a high level of challenge.

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Examples (10)

  • Some traffic laws are hard to enforce without public cooperation.
  • The new office policy on personal calls will be hard to enforce consistently.
  • The 'lights out at 10 PM' rule is hard to enforce with teenagers.
  • International sanctions have proven hard to enforce due to non-compliant nations.
  • Without widespread agreement, such a treaty is hard to enforce.
  • A city-wide curfew would be hard to enforce without the military's help.
  • The company found that its dress code was hard to enforce fairly.
  • It is notoriously hard to enforce copyright law in the digital age.
  • Environmental regulations against pollution from small factories are often hard to enforce.
  • The fishing quotas were hard to enforce over such a large expanse of ocean.