Example sentences of "finding it [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This number is seen to be much higher in the later 1970s and in the 1980s , supporting the view that more and more school-leavers were then finding it increasingly difficult to obtain jobs in the first six months after leaving school .
2 Lydia was finding it increasingly difficult to place Elizabeth .
3 He criticised ‘ as a policy mess ’ the present position where so many would-be solicitors are prevented from obtaining discretionary awards from local authorities , are unable to enjoy preferential rates under the Government 's student loan scheme , and are finding it increasingly difficult to find places in already hard pressed high street firms who do legal aid work .
4 Others , less directly committed to change or worried as to how their institutions would cope with its demands , would , nevertheless , have been finding it increasingly difficult to regard school mathematics as fixed and unchangeable . [ … ]
5 Many families these days are finding it very hard to make ends meet .
6 ‘ She told me she had mucked up her first few weeks and was finding it very difficult to make friends . ’
7 At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things .
8 Finding it quite difficult to get work but erm he was over at Christmas for a short time .
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