Example sentences of "is difficult [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to miss the phallic connotations of the weapons the miller seems to make such a show of having about his person : — the diminution in scale to the " " joly poppere " " may already hint at the bawdy belittling the miller is to suffer . |
| 2 | The despair and anguish felt by Jesus was so deep that it is difficult to translate the Greek words that Mark uses in his story . |
| 3 | Today , it is difficult to define a particular Hautvillers style : all have a good fruit content , and although some are perhaps lacking in definition , the finest attain great distinction , balancing high extract with a delicacy of flavour . |
| 4 | It is difficult to assess the real effects of the " movies " . |
| 5 | However it is difficult to estimate the unregistered animals . |
| 6 | The rail shape gradually changes throughout a board 's length ; unless you look carefully it is difficult to see the subtle changes involved . |
| 7 | The quality of a service has to be related to the environment in which it is provided ; and it is difficult to quantify the various facets of each service ( Redcliffe-Maud 1969 , Vol. 1:58 ) . |
| 8 | In the UK , as the new system of regulation is being put in place at a time of considerable liberalisation in financial markets it is difficult to separate the different factors that impinge on market efficiency . |
| 9 | If the two novels were to be recast in late post-Freudian terms it would be clear how completely our attitudes have changed towards amatory and social matters : it is difficult to read the Ruritanian stones now in the way Anthony Hope 's first readers did and not to dismiss them as mere escapist romances . |