Example sentences of "is difficult [verb] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because her talents lay in organization , personal inspiration , and a somewhat Wagnerian style of oratory , rather than in writing and analytical thought , it is difficult to pinpoint precisely the nature of her impact upon contemporaries , but she clearly inspired great personal devotion in both women and men . |
| 2 | It is difficult to put forward a programme which holds out hope of a better life when you have singularly failed to live up to your promises during your term of office . |
| 3 | Asked ‘ What does your new job involve ? ’ or ‘ Did you like Algeria ? ’ it is difficult to obey both the quality maxim and the quantity maxim . |
| 4 | Eurasia removed much of the Neotropical megafauna of the Pleistocene , but if humans were there in significant numbers as long ago as recent evidence suggests , then it is difficult to explain away the collapse of that fauna . |
| 5 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 6 | If it is difficult to distinguish precisely the living standards of older women in official statistics , it is impossible to say anything at all about the position of older Black women ( or men for that matter ) . |
| 7 | It is difficult to calculate precisely the amount this would save , but we believe it would be in the order of £9.1 million in criminal cases , £3 million in family and £2 million in civil cases . |