Assertion: pencil | /r/HasProperty | hard
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: a lot
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Historically, pencil makers also use combinations of letters to tell us about the graphite — a pencil marked “HB” is hard and black, a pencil marked “HH” is very hard, and a pencil marked “BBB” is really, really black!
text: The 9000 pencil has a smooth green hexagonal body, and is a lot harder than most of the others I’ve tested, being more like a 2B, or even an HB.
text: If the pencil is hard enough, it will permanently damage the surface it is pressed on while the pressure is transferred onto the surface underneath.
text: Seeing as 9H in the Mohs scale refers to toughened steel, it would be very implausible to believe that any pencil is hard enough to score this high.
text: The number found in front of the letter reveals just how soft or hard the pencil is.
text: Historically, pencil makers also use combinations of letters — a pencil marked “HB” is hard and black; a pencil marked “
text: HH” is very hard, and a pencil marked “HHBBB” is very hard and really, really black!
text: It means that the pencil is hard and black, and depicts the hardness and the nature of the lead used in the pencil.
text: For example, “HHBBB” is signifies that a pencil is very hard and very, very dark.