1. Sales were hard hit by high interest rates.

2. These industries have been hard hit by recession.

3. Both the farmers and fishermen were hard hit by the bad weather.

4. The company has been hard hit by the drop in consumer confidence.

5. Old people are hardest hit by the rising cost of living.

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6. She says rural areas have been hard hit by the recession.

7. Campesinos are hard hit by the economic crisis and government forces have deliberately destroyed the livelihood of many subsistence farming families.

8. The South-East and West Midlands have been hardest hit by the recession.

9. He believes they will be hard hit by rising labour costs in China and by higher global steel prices.

10. Firms and institutions which are otherwise financially sound could be hard hit by a protracted run of debt defaults.