Example sentences of "find it difficult [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many found it difficult to give accurate figures as the livestock year dictated two very definite peak work periods . |
| 2 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 3 | They often found it difficult to resist these demands . |
| 4 | Such LDCs subsequently found it difficult to service external debts and this had grave implications for the world 's financial system . |
| 5 | ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands . |
| 6 | Even at the height of its propagandist messages , the Staufen chancery found it difficult to counteract papal arguments , for they were conducted on a supernal plane . |
| 7 | It is difficult for them to be drawn accurately and the human eye finds it difficult to detect small differences — in our example the slices representing 12% and 13% of the total . |
| 8 | She says he has no concentration now , he finds it difficult to remember simple things . |
| 9 | This means in turn that lawyers trained in the civil law tradition find it difficult to characterise certain features of common law pre-trial procedures . |
| 10 | In particular , traditional descriptive and analytic methods find it difficult to contemplate such phenomena as : ( 1 ) close approximation of phones without merger ; ( 2 ) overlapping allophones ; ( 3 ) flip-flops , and ( 4 ) reversal of merger . |
| 11 | He was finding it difficult to change old methods of treatment at Claybury 's . |
| 12 | Poorer families , already finding it difficult to afford healthy meals , will be hardest hit . |
| 13 | When your most familiar role models are those of a compliant woman or the ‘ strong , silent type ’ of man you may find it difficult to reconcile these influences with the aggressive determination you feel as a female , or the sensitivity and intuition you experience as a man . |
| 14 | Sometimes we can find it difficult to visualise positive outcomes ; if this is the case I suggest you refer to Chapter Three , which explains that all qualities can be given an opposite , more positive , interpretation . |
| 15 | Students observing poor nursing care will find it difficult to maintain good standards themselves . |
| 16 | If , after reading the advice in Chapter 9 , you decide to keep to a very strict calorie intake of just 850 to 1,000 calories daily , you will find it very difficult to achieve the upper levels of the fibre recommendation and might even find it difficult to consume 35 grams of fibre daily . |
| 17 | EMU must , he said , be based on economic and financial convergence among member states , particularly as regards anti-inflation policies and contractually enforced budgetary discipline , and he warned that countries with high inflation rates might find it difficult to become full members of EMU . |
| 18 | The DIY horse owner may well find it difficult to get good facilities and will have to use more concentrates and/or good quality hay to compensate . |