Example sentences of "it [is] difficult [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel , ’ says Crossman . |
| 2 | So it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 3 | It 's difficult , though , because if you talk to adolescent boys in schools they are violently opposed to women 's liberation , or they hate the name women 's liberation , because they are very defensive perhaps about their own masculinity at that age , and their own masculinity is defined very much in terms of being superior to girls and having mums who wait on them at home , so it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 4 | I would like , Chairman , to know , because er , it always seems to me that unnecessary money is spent in , in the American lead , so it 's difficult to get any money . |
| 5 | When you have got the needle in , it 's a battle to get the syringe on , and then it 's difficult to get any blood out of him because he 's so tense . ’ |
| 6 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 7 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 8 | It is difficult to define this kind of skiing which ranges from skiing down the edge of the piste in the powder which the pistemachine does not reach , to touring from hut to hut far away from ski resorts . |
| 9 | It is difficult to define this atmosphere which I find exists for me in many of our traditional buildings and churches . |
| 10 | Despite the evidence put forward by Soviet historians to assert a Marxist tradition in Latin America antedating the Russian revolution , it is difficult to draw any conclusion other than that Marxism as a basis for worker organisation became a significant force in the region , with few exceptions , in the wake of the Bolshevik triumph . |
| 11 | It is difficult to resist this view because of the great successes of medicine , public health , education , welfare and technology . |
| 12 | It is difficult to describe this body accurately . |
| 13 | BELOW It is difficult to categorize some rock paintings and carvings as they can be regarded as sites or finds . |
| 14 | It is difficult to foresee any end to the necessity for this task in the immediate future , but then one never can tell . |
| 15 | At one level , of course , it is difficult to assess this claim since none of the supporters of reform ever made it . |
| 16 | The land speculation lobby is extremely powerful both economically and politically in most countries and it is difficult to implement any policy that harms its interest . |
| 17 | ( It is difficult to compare such opinion-sounding with experimentally-derived research results ) . |
| 18 | The General Strike in no way deflected it from that course and it is difficult to see that event as an historical watershed in the evolution of trade union policies and attitudes . |
| 19 | It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves . |
| 20 | It is difficult to hire many household items for instance , furniture , dishwashers , washing machines and tumble-dryers although some items such as televisions and videos can be hired easily . |
| 21 | It is difficult to view this obscurantism of the chairmen with sympathy . |
| 22 | It is certainly interesting for specialists to see this odd and disagreeable picture , whose attribution was upheld by Roberto Longhi , but it is difficult to detect any point of contact between it and the other exhibits assigned to Giorgione at Palazzo Grassi . |
| 23 | In fact , it is difficult to envisage any library which would not require a considerable number of categories to take account of varying rates of use for different subjects and levels of requirement . |
| 24 | Critics , however , have argued that it is difficult to envisage any conception of a state which does not incorporate a purposive quality . |
| 25 | At first sight it is difficult to reconcile this finding with those of Sachs ( 1967 ) and Garrod and Trabasso ( 1973 ) that recognition memory for the surface form of sentences disappears within 40–60 syllables of input . |
| 26 | It is difficult to reconcile this book 's title with its content , since there is no consecutive , focused discussion anywhere of this ‘ rise ’ . |
| 27 | It is difficult to accept such guidance because often , in school , we are misled into thinking that fancy writing is good writing . |
| 28 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 29 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 30 | It is difficult to accept this interpretation because there is no evidence to imply that the site was ever promoted to the rank of civitas capital , and it seems simplest to assume that it fulfilled some other official function . |