Example sentences of "it be difficult [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next to him , the dear old thing , Blowers , at least persevered to the end , but did admit finally , ‘ Gosh , it 's difficult to identify these chaps . |
| 2 | Although it is difficult to reach firm conclusions from the small number of patients who underwent balloon counterpulsation , those few who have survived in the long term underwent such a procedure while their renal function was still normal or nearly normal and their renal state remained stable until transplantation . |
| 3 | Thirdly , as mentioned above , because we know little about historical relationships between sign languages it is difficult to disentangle historical influences and similarities between signs arising from other causes . |
| 4 | If it is difficult to define inner cities in terms of some geometric configuration of urban morphology , it is even less easy to identify the inner city within any national political economy . |
| 5 | It is difficult to evaluate different systems because they are traditionally idiosyncratic depending on their particular area of specialisation . |
| 6 | It is difficult to evaluate these innovations . |
| 7 | It is difficult to dismiss such insights when they come from 81-year-old Drucker , credited with having invented the concept of ‘ management ’ in The End of Economic Man in 1939 . |
| 8 | It is difficult to characterize such relations as ‘ capitalist ’ , or to regard them as oppressive : most of the rich men of the Zuwaya managed their businesses in this way , getting a good return on money laid out , but creating wealth for poorer fellow tribesmen and a few others in the process . |
| 9 | While it is difficult to give definitive answers to questions about control , the prevailing pattern does seem to be loose and informal : there seem to be few cases of actual censorship . |
| 10 | It is difficult to give precise guidelines for contingency fee structures as these will vary significantly between assignments but in addition to the points raised in 0502.53 above the following points should be considered : |
| 11 | It is difficult to give precise guidelines but it is now our practice to recommend that oral iron be given until the haemoglobion concentrations and red cell counts are normal , and that these are remeasured at about three monthly intervals for a year and further iron given as necessary . |
| 12 | The notion seems a useful one , though it is difficult to confirm these settings scientifically . |
| 13 | However , it is difficult to generate sufficient supplies ! |
| 14 | Similarly when children have been ill , parental expectations of their behaviour changes , and sometimes it is difficult to re-establish previous patterns of sleep and feeding when a parent is unsure whether the child is fully recovered . |
| 15 | But it is difficult to see these factors as amounting to an absolute restriction when put against the equally well recorded government support for overcapacity and inefficient working . |
| 16 | In so far as it is difficult to state educational objectives in terms of measurable outcomes — and we suggest that in the case of the stated objectives of the ESSE/L Project this is particularly true — a positivist approach to appraising the project according to some simple notion of " value for money " was simply impossible . |
| 17 | It is difficult to put these sums into context for there is no knowing what benefit has been achieved compared to what would have resulted from some other social expenditure . |
| 18 | Given his detailed control of programmes of study and attainment targets it is difficult to envisage credible examinations that would not reflect these . |
| 19 | It is difficult to reconcile such findings with Ornstein 's claim that intuitive non-logical thinking is a function of the right hemisphere . |
| 20 | It is difficult to reconcile such references with the tradition of a mild , pacifist saviour . |
| 21 | But , given the interpersonal nature of the Ameslan work , it is difficult to devise accurate tests to detect inadvertent undue influence . |
| 22 | But , as Neal has noted ( 1981 , no.87 ) , these are very simple patterns on which it is difficult to base any conclusions regarding authorship . |
| 23 | It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ . |
| 24 | Trenches can be dug by machine , although it is difficult to recognize archaeological features as a machine is uncovering , and perhaps cutting through them . |
| 25 | In practice it is difficult to locate these points , as the foot of the old cliff ( O on Fig. 9.18 ) may be obscured by talus or , more often , modified by erosion , in which case it may have been at A and the former cliff be represented by AH . |
| 26 | There are several consequences of this complexity and they include the following : ( 1 ) It is difficult to distinguish those events which are the result of the project from those which are the result of other events contemporary with the project . |
| 27 | To say the least , however , it is difficult to grow regular crops of fine juicy pears in local conditions . |
| 28 | From Canada comes the comment that ‘ because musical demands are now far less challenging , it is difficult to recruit serious musicians ’ . |
| 29 | There are many groups ( 4000 in Birmingham alone ) and it is difficult to boil all interests down to something called " class " ; on a number of issues ( and at certain levels of the state ) we can discover a pattern of competitive interest-group politics in which no one group appears to be overwhelmingly dominant ; and on occasions the state does simply referee the group struggle and is content to ratify the outcome of the balance of competing forces . |
| 30 | It is difficult to exclude vulgar fractions as correct answers to such questions by rewording them , and it may be worth considering modifying the criterion to specify " between two decimal numbers in size " . |