Example sentences of "it 's difficult [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to say the words … |
| 2 | ‘ It 's difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe if it is found to have a serious problem , but in many cases it will be around £1,000 . |
| 3 | Just a da it 's difficult to explain a bloke cos they 're all , you know , |
| 4 | My mother , who came from a staunchly ‘ church ’ family , used to express her antipathy when she often declared , ‘ He 's nothing but a chapel dodger , ’ and it 's difficult to describe the scorn that she would put into the phrase . |
| 5 | It 's difficult to describe the sound the kneecap made — it was like banging two cricket bats together |
| 6 | ‘ It 's difficult to assess the Aprilias . |
| 7 | Well , it 's difficult to stop a fish eating completely in a mature planted tank , but normal feeding was stopped and small pieces of orange ( no peel ; tease out individual cells ) were added to the tank . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to envisage a Down side without his cutting and competitive edge . |
| 9 | It 's difficult to get a kaleidoscope nowadays . |
| 10 | Jeff Jaye with ‘ I know it 's difficult to get the wood , Mr Noah , but can you imagine the cost of a rotomoulded Ark ? ’ and Simon Dawson with ‘ Shaun Baker comes out of retirement to offer advice on the last great waterfall . ’ |
| 11 | It 's difficult to isolate the effects of alcohol from other factors such as smoking , but , until more is known , it 's sensible to limit alcohol as much as possible . |
| 12 | It 's difficult to imagine a room more sumptuous than our Brunei Suite . |
| 13 | WITH its lacy bargeboards and dramatic finials echoing the original features of this Norfolk rectory , it 's difficult to imagine the conservatory was n't built by the same Victorian craftsmen . |
| 14 | Already , in some parts of the country , it 's difficult to find a cleaner that uses the CFC 113 process because many have installed new equipment in time for the ban , according to the Textile Services Association , and the situation is only likely to get worse . |
| 15 | If you look at a pie chart of how public money is spent in this country , it 's difficult to find the slice that is the arts . |
| 16 | It 's difficult to exaggerate the importance of developing good study habits , yet it 's impossible to prescribe any one , single set of study habits for all students . |
| 17 | ‘ Not exactly , it 's difficult to organise a babysitter . |
| 18 | It 's difficult to escape the conclusion that a great many of those questioned spoke less than the truth in their answers . |
| 19 | If it does n't , then it 's hard to imagine the hundred-strong UK allocation racing ready buyers for on paper , it 's difficult to escape the conclusion that you 're paying more and getting less . |
| 20 | As a source of heat and a focal point in a room , it 's difficult to beat a flame fire . |
| 21 | Well , i i if I , the , on one of the comments I 'd make is that it 's the only time I 've ever known the accounting profession to do businessmen a favour by forcing them to face up to what the costs of the consequences of their actions are and this has as James said led to looking quite carefully and I think it 's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment for a variety of reasons . |
| 22 | At the moment it 's difficult to tell the difference between beef , mutton or pig . |
| 23 | Sometimes it 's difficult to tell the difference between a moth and a butterfly . |
| 24 | It 's difficult to become an actuary and this is well-known and appreciated outside the profession . |
| 25 | It 's difficult to make a living as a guide in the UK . |
| 26 | If it 's difficult to make the tool shed secure , think about buying army surplus steel lockers or ammunition boxes to lock your tools in , and if necessary bolt the containers to the floor . |
| 27 | It 's hardly possible to hear , in translation , the way in which the increasing tempo from the initial individual raindrops on the windowpane , to the final , single sound of the rain striking the window , it 's difficult to convey the manner in which this is subtly rendered , I think , by length of phrasing , by using adjectives of increasing syllabic length , and so on , and perhaps just in this one particular case erm I , I might just read the passage , very quickly , in French . |