Example sentences of "have been a very difficult [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It has been a very difficult choice for me this time . ’
2 Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year .
3 The reduction in costs which this has achieved has enabled the business to perform most satisfactorily in what has been a very difficult year in all its major markets .
4 At the time , he said : ‘ It has been a very difficult split .
5 The former agreed " that Gurney had been a very difficult person to manage and was probably the source of all the mischief " .
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