Example sentences of "it [adv] difficult [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Even recent Conservative governments have found it extremely difficult to make real reductions in public spending .
2 For example , while some companies may have been able to ignore the social protest of individuals who suffered the effects of industrial pollution , they found it more difficult to resist organized groups of citizens whose opposition accompanied a marked decline in support for the LDP .
3 For cervical cancer it has been suggested that physiological reasons make it more difficult to take good smears from older women .
4 MAS will advise you if they consider that your requirements might at an early stage unnecessarily make it more difficult to find suitable targets .
5 This would act as a barrier against damaging developments such as road-building schemes , as individual departments would find it more difficult to override conservation interests .
6 ‘ What this all means , ’ says Mr Stuart Matthews of Barclays de Zoete Wedd 's Tokyo branch , ‘ is that the banks will find it increasingly difficult to raise large amounts of equity . ’
7 The current financial situation facing local education authorities and academic institution makes it particularly difficult to overcome these problems without cooperation .
8 This makes it quite difficult to get accurate figures about school-age mothers .
9 If I did not believe that the answer to these questions was in each case a resounding yes I would have found it very difficult to give these lectures .
10 I find it very difficult to ignore these differences — let alone the teeth , although perhaps the species has different dentition in juveniles and adults as is the case in , for example Chilotilapia rhoadesi .
11 The definition of a problem , its source and the ‘ needs , that arise from it are frequently established by professionals at an early stage and as we see here the parents , because they lack information and power , may find it very difficult to challenge such assumptions .
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