Example sentences of "difficulty in [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of field-work a constable newly transferred to the Neighbourhood Unit from one of the sections expressed his difficulties in adjusting to the new round of duties , stating that it was more difficult to pass the time because nothing seemed to happen ( FN 17/12/87 , p. 16 ) : establishing informal contact with the public was not yet itself seen as doing police work and boredom was unappealing . |
| 2 | He acknowledged that the students may at first find difficulties in adjusting to the Scottish education system , the language , the weather and life in Edinburgh , and said that he hopes that these awards will remind overseas students that the University has confidence in them . |
| 3 | I also pay tribute to the professionalism of the emergency services , who naturally faced difficulties in getting to the injured and in getting them out of the tunnel for treatment . |
| 4 | George said : ‘ The majority of staff are non-smokers and of those who do smoke , it is likely that most will have little difficulty in adjusting to the smoking ban . |
| 5 | Lacking experience of that kind , casual listeners may have difficulty in responding to the finer musical distinctions that make an individual performance unique . |
| 6 | However , even the ten-year-olds were still having difficulty in responding to the linguistic cues to the deductive mode , as was shown by the deductive/empirical experiment . |