Example sentences of "it difficult [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engels always found it difficult to control the wild swings of his enthusiasms . |
| 2 | I left the team because the low pay would not cover the cost of my share in a mortgage to buy my own flat , and because I found it difficult to reconcile the separate roles of paid worker and friend , when Helen and Elizabeth recognised no such distinction . |
| 3 | When technological spillovers exist , firms find it difficult to appropriate the full benefits of their research activities . |
| 4 | In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) . |
| 5 | He found it difficult to pick the right words . |
| 6 | Makes it difficult to do a big functions though in here with that stage . |
| 7 | Even then , with a full glass of water , she found it difficult to swallow the powdery pieces . |
| 8 | When these are taken into account I have to confess that I find it difficult to understand the additional insights and explanations which the Marxist method offers . |
| 9 | Quite apart from the drafting problems that would be encountered , the imposition of such a system might well be resented by sentencers who would probably not find it difficult to subvert the intended aims through a process of ‘ destructive interpretation ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ The five survivors in the CR 42 formation were swinging to their right towards and below me , which made it difficult to attack the three planes nearest me , so I chose the outer of the two planes on their left , laid off a deflection and opened fire again . |
| 11 | Because its benefits are non-excludable , anybody providing a public good will find it difficult to get the other beneficiaries to pay for it . |
| 12 | In fact I am finding it difficult to establish the exact terms of reference for this study , given that a number of related studies are already underway . |
| 13 | They make it difficult to equate the social tensions in the countryside with the economic processes at the heart of the Marxist interpretation . |