Example sentences of "difficulty in [v-ing] [prep] 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 | In many cases , following the advice , particularly with regard to sleep , will initially be against the ‘ natural ’ dictates of the body clock , but , as we have explained , obeying the body clock in this case will only prolong the difficulties in living with the new time zone . |
| 5 | Even those who had formal qualifications in English had difficulties in communicating with the monolingual English line-managers in their work places and with others in the public services . |
| 6 | Academically , he was a bright pupil , though it would appear he had difficulties in concentrating on the day-to-day routines — perhaps through boredom , often an indication of the brighter child . |
| 7 | Probably the best-known , and perhaps the most notorious , selected settlement policy is that adopted in County Durham , where there were special difficulties in planning for the dispersed villages that had grown up in the coalfield ( Barr 1969 ; Blowers 1972 ) . |
| 8 | I have some difficulty in distinguishing between the parliamentary popinjays , or whatever they call themselves — the Pattens , the Patties and the patsies — I can not tell the difference . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Some writers have speculated that we could see the development of new patterns of support such as an increase of private loans within families , or substantial bequests to grandchildren rather than children , since the younger generation are the ones who will find the most difficulty in getting onto the first rung of the housing ladder ( Murie and Forrest , 1980 ; Means , 1987 ) . |
| 11 | Early indications that importers are having difficulty in passing on the higher costs of imports , and the latest savings ratio of 11.6 per cent in 1992 , compared with 9.7 in 1991 and 12.4 in 1981 , caused little surprise . |
| 12 | There were five ancient parishes within the Borough of Bedford and in the second half of the eighteenth century they experienced increasing difficulty in dealing with the poor in the town . |
| 13 | If there are obstructions upwind to turbulate the airflow , then even the perfectly bridled stunter will have difficulty in breaking through the rough air at low level . |
| 14 | Lacking experience of that kind , casual listeners may have difficulty in responding to the finer musical distinctions that make an individual performance unique . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Watt found great difficulty in working with the Cornish mine captains and obtaining from them full payment for the engines they had built or modified . |
| 17 | Perhaps a solution for the JTO 's that are finding difficulty in coping with the current situation would be for those of them that have both hard and grass courts at their club to run a two tier event , i.e. a Series tournament on the hard courts coupled with age group doubles and mixed on the grass . |
| 18 | ‘ She means , ’ the other twin chimed in , ‘ you are going to stay with us until Mummy and Daddy come out of the hos-hospital ? ’ she asked , finding difficulty in coping with the long word . |