Example sentences of "but it is difficult [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Not only does the contradictory nature of the evidence preclude any generalization , but it is difficult to conduct any cross-cultural comparisons because there is no agreement as to what should be compared .
2 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 .
3 There is very little likelihood of confusion arising whichever spelling is used in English documents , though there will be far-reaching consequences , for example in text-books , abstracts , indices , dictionaries , computer programs , and teaching , but it is difficult to see any compensating advantages in adopting the US version .
4 It is certainly interesting for specialists to see this odd and disagreeable picture , whose attribution was upheld by Roberto Longhi , but it is difficult to detect any point of contact between it and the other exhibits assigned to Giorgione at Palazzo Grassi .
5 Support from relatives may also be received but it is difficult to quantify this source of income and it is excluded from the analysis which follows .
6 The editors of the Supreme Court Practice suggest that postal service ‘ in pursuance of a convention ’ will also be valid , but it is difficult to identify any provision of the Rules of the Supreme Court which would support this proposition .
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