Example sentences of "it [be] difficult [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 2 | Outside , facing the W door it is difficult to remember that this is the most modern part of the cathedral , created at the same time as Prague 's Functionalist architecture . |
| 3 | It is difficult to say that such a vast group of people has special needs , and indeed many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population . |
| 4 | In theft terms it is difficult to see that one of the rights of the customer has been adversely interfered with . |
| 5 | Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) . |
| 6 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
| 8 | It is difficult to believe that many of the prestige projects discussed in Chapter 8 would have been contemplated in the absence of the very high volumes of aid reaching countries for other , more mundane , purposes . |
| 9 | It is difficult to believe that fifteen to twenty years ago the majority of people in this country did not have a bank Current Account . |
| 10 | However , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour . |
| 11 | By day , Claxby signal box is warm and friendly and it is difficult to believe that any mysterious events could take place there . |
| 12 | It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral . |
| 13 | However , it is difficult to believe that sufficient quantities of suitable substances could have appeared at the Cytherean surface to mop up anywhere near the amount of oxygen that would be liberated from an Earth-like quantity of water . |
| 14 | It is difficult to accept that this is an expense of the accounting period in which only an order was issued . |
| 15 | It is difficult to imagine that such species were rapid swimmers . |
| 16 | It is difficult to imagine that this was once Britains first electric main line . |
| 17 | The report admitted : ‘ There are problems associated with this since it is difficult to ensure that feral pigeons only are taken since some birds may be ringed and belong to pigeon fanciers . |
| 18 | But since the nature of their business is so inexorably linked with valuable information legitimately acquired , it is difficult to ensure that this information is not illegitimately used . |
| 19 | For Jane 's mother , and for everyone else who knew her , it was difficult to appreciate that this traumatised golfer was the same person as the one to whom , in amateur days , everything had come so easily . |
| 20 | Mrs Porter said it was difficult to say that local authorities should help Victim Support , but added : ‘ It would be nice if we could be considered because of our vital service . ’ |
| 21 | The damaged vegetation grew back very quickly in the following months , and by the end of 1992 it was difficult to believe that such a wide swathe had originally been bulldozed . |
| 22 | It was difficult to believe that these birds had been harvested for food on Mykines for generations , or to argue against the Faroese claim that the strict regulations which apply to the fowling are designed to ensure that the population numbers are not adversely affected . |
| 23 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 24 | In some cases they may explode or manage to throw off enough matter to reduce their mass below the limit and so avoid catastrophic gravitational collapse , but it was difficult to believe that this always happened , no matter how big the star . |