Example sentences of "difficulty [prep] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he simply does not come to grips with the genuine political and cultural difficulty of establishing effective institutions for research in applied sciences , such as agriculture and medicine , which can not be seeded entirely by individual commitment and talent . |
| 2 | Psychology 's theoretical uncertainties are expressed , not just in the difficulty of getting objective knowledge of subjectivity , but also in the precarious power of the psychologist who is pursuing this knowledge : |
| 3 | No allowance had been made for the physical difficulty of getting heavy guns over a battlefield where all roads had been obliterated and every inch of ground thrown up into huge mounds and craters by the attackers ' own bombardment . |
| 4 | The difficulty of using this form of patronage whose scarcity could give offence to those who were unlucky is illustrated by the difficulties of the Duke of Montrose and his son , Lord George Graham , in 1739–40 , when Lord George , who hoped to combine a career as a naval officer with membership in the House of Commons , first obtained command of a ship , and was thus enabled to offer places in the line of command to the sons of freeholders in the area of Montrose influence in central Scotland . |
| 5 | But here it must be said that John Calvin wanted a weekly communion and the only reason that Knox did n't follow suit in Scotland was the difficulty of organising such events in the rural parishes with a paucity of reformed clergy available to celebrate the sacrament . |
| 6 | Two central problems were highlighted : the difficulty of achieving any kind of change when so many groups had power of veto over decision-making , and the lack of direction and leadership from the centre : " units and the authorities are being swamped with directives without being given direction " ( p. 12 ) . |
| 7 | The considerable difficulty of achieving this transformation from a society in which wealth and power were becoming increasingly monopolistic diminished Belloc 's appeal , although radical socialists supported his critique of state ‘ welfare ’ . |
| 8 | This raises issues of conflict between managerial imperatives and practice goals , and the difficulty of achieving needs-based assessment in a context of resource scarcity . |
| 9 | The Treasury prepared a response which concentrated on the difficulty of translating economic theory into practice , and on the political implications of the economists ' suggestions . |
| 10 | A catalogue of regulations mentioned in a handbook published for headmen in 1873 illustrates the difficulty of enforcing such rules without a reliable rural bureaucracy . |
| 11 | Given the difficulty of constructing international institutions ex nihilo I believe that this means British socialists must give more serious attention to the opportunities at EEC level . |
| 12 | On the contrary , it enhances the importance and technical difficulty of choosing those uses of limited funds which will provide the greatest benefits . |
| 13 | The difficulty of reconciling this statement with a sincere belief in India 's eventual membership of the Commonwealth is apparent . |
| 14 | A class that is good at drama will intuitively recognise that the drama lies in the difficulty of conveying that message to the visitors — that is the tension to be enjoyed . |
| 15 | by no means a new concept — Fulton had strongly advocated the development of units of accountable management — such arrangements had previously proved difficult to introduce on a widespread scale owing largely to the difficulty of isolating discrete elements of departmental work . |
| 16 | He had already received staff assessments of the difficulty of localizing any clash of arms . |
| 17 | The events of the past few days have led several ministers to recognise the difficulty of restoring full authority to the Chancellor while the Prime Minister persists in her hostility to the EMS . |
| 18 | A further problem with a universal criterion for progress based on problem-solving ability is the difficulty of specifying that notion in a non-relativist way . |
| 19 | The difficulty of selecting illustrative examples from the wealth of possible choices is well overcome , and a fine balance struck between details and complete objects . |
| 20 | ‘ Most of the options actually exacerbate the difficulty of securing co-ordinated management of the Cairngorms by increasing the number of local authorities involved , ’ the response states . |
| 21 | Because of the difficulty of finding precise equivalents in English , I shall follow the common practice of sticking to the original Russian terms . |
| 22 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 23 | In November of 1924 the House Committee submitted a special report to the Board concerning the difficulty of obtaining suitable nurses for the Poor Law Institution . |
| 24 | One of the main problems in meta-analysis is incomplete collection of data ( it is possible that some unpublished trials were not identified ) , another is the difficulty of obtaining complete data on an ‘ intention-to-treat ’ basis . |
| 25 | The difficulty of obtaining small amounts of external finance on adequate terms has been widely recognised as a major constraint on the formation and growth of small businesses in the UK . |
| 26 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 27 | But public opinion across Europe clearly favours the concept , and will do so with increasing urgency as the difficulty of applying common policies to the entire Continent becomes more visible . |
| 28 | As this is , to our knowledge , the first observation of pure 3-D paraconductivity in any isotropic superconductor , it seems appropriate to address the difficulty of observing similar behaviour in other materials ( most conventional superconductors are , of course , three-dimensional ) . |
| 29 | The debate arises from the obvious difficulty of avoiding two types of police relationships in the community , each of which is undesirable for different reasons . |
| 30 | A difficulty with conducting this type of research is controlling for outside factors , for example , international recession , or war , or a disastrous crop failure . |