Example sentences of "more difficult [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As fossil fuels become more difficult to recover from the earth 's crust , and supplies diminish , prices will shoot sky high , just as they did in the oil crisis of 1973 . |
| 2 | It is simple to set up , but it becomes more difficult to use as the complexity of the printed line increases . |
| 3 | When studying small bits of fossilised bone , perhaps a knee joint or part of the jaw , it is much more difficult to speculate on the behaviour of our ancestors . |
| 4 | The 1970s are more difficult to categorize from the point of view of planning and national politics . |
| 5 | Both Washington and London were interested in the formation of a barrier to Soviet expansion in the Middle East , but it was more difficult to agree on the details . |
| 6 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in the mixed ability class . |
| 7 | Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in a mixed ability class . |
| 8 | What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children . |
| 9 | It is more difficult to talk about the construction of ‘ physical science ’ than it is to talk about the construction of physics , because physical science is not recognized as a discipline in the way that physics is . |
| 10 | In the domestic field , it is more difficult to talk about the General 's — as opposed to his government 's — policy . |
| 11 | Words of English and other foreign origin will also become more difficult to recognise by the decision to remove the hyphen from many compound words . |
| 12 | Such a powerbase is potentially much more difficult to change in the interests of a small discriminated-against group . |
| 13 | We must walk to see all this , and it is more difficult to walk along the railways than along the canals with their sequestered towpaths . |
| 14 | In a hostile bid , this might be more difficult to achieve without the co-operation of the target 's board ( even if the bidder can identify all the relevant contractual provisions ) . |
| 15 | However , it 's easier if you solder the smaller parts first and work upward in size ; the smaller parts are much more difficult to keep in the board prior to soldering if the board has to be balanced on larger components . |
| 16 | It is more difficult to keep within the powers they confer , to change them or interpret them on a pragmatic basis . |
| 17 | The complementary combination may well be more creative eventually , but more difficult to handle in the process of communication and working out how much space a couple ask of and can offer to each other . |