Example sentences of "[verb] a difficult [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment , therefore , interpreting the new treaty involves a degree of extrapolation from case law yet to come a difficult business . |
| 2 | Wednesday approached a difficult job well and scored two good-looking goals , but the truth is the tie was really lost in Kaiserslautern , where goalscorer David Hirst was sent off in bizarre circumstances . |
| 3 | On the whole , George Milton is a good , honest man who has a difficult life to lead , looking after Lennie the simple giant . |
| 4 | Everyone is aware that the Chancellor has a difficult ordeal to face a few hours later and no one wants to make the occasion even worse . |
| 5 | Some of Todorov 's terms are problematic : ‘ naturalism ’ has a difficult history , particularly for television ; and ‘ public opinion ’ assumes an integration of the audience which television increasingly recognizes as disintegrated . |
| 6 | With the vast literature on this part of history that is available the social scientist has a difficult task of evaluating the information upon which he can draw . |
| 7 | Richard of Gloucester has a difficult task — an unenviable task , some might say . |
| 8 | When they were amongst themselves they used nicknames , but as these rarely appear in official documents the historian has a difficult task to disentangle one member from another . |
| 9 | It is apparent to him that she has a difficult nature , at once placid and turbulent , bold and reserved . |
| 10 | Eurotunnel co-chairman Alastair Morton has a difficult job on his hands but he has shown he can handle it . |
| 11 | This makes the determination of shear modulus by a torsion test a difficult task and it requires careful experimentation . |
| 12 | It is a rare child , surely , who will have the self-discipline to choose to tackle a difficult task when easier and more enjoyable ones are available . |
| 13 | Reserves Duncan Chapman and Paul Pickering can expect a difficult time against in-form Dane , Richard Juul , and Max Schofield , the former Bear who will be determined to prove a point to Middlesbrough for allowing him to move on . |
| 14 | Some families in difficulties appear to have had long histories of problems , and often the parents themselves have suffered a difficult childhood . |
| 15 | She relaxed , as satisfied as if she had chaired a difficult meeting through to its triumphant conclusion or been acclaimed at Board level for the fresh approach of her latest report . |
| 16 | When you decide to practise , do not choose a difficult water , or difficult fish , where you are likely to have to wait a long time for a bite . |
| 17 | These are very large proposals , addressing a difficult problem . |
| 18 | This can present a difficult timing problem , because it is often not sufficiently appreciated that because of the many requirements as to these documents it may be necessary to have two or three drafts before lodging the plans . |
| 19 | On contemporary art sales undoubtedly enduring a difficult period at present he noted that even at the highest point of the market , revenue had not amounted to more than about 20% of the house 's total sales . |
| 20 | The seeds of the last two years have endured a difficult winter , a very cold and wet spring , but the shoots are strong . |
| 21 | Smoking when writing a difficult letter . |
| 22 | He turned a difficult corner skilfully . |
| 23 | The number of times Maguire used the whip made suspension virtually inevitable but the horse did look a difficult ride , drifting right after jumping the last . |
| 24 | The Tigers ' political leadership is attempting a difficult balancing act . |
| 25 | 5 When children are asked for free recall of what they have just read , ( advocated by Goodman , 1969 ) , younger children often read a difficult passage fluently , but are unable to tap the different levels of meaning ( see below ) . |
| 26 | But attempts to define breadth and balance rapidly meet a difficult problem : all subjects wish to claim compulsory status ; however , it then proves difficult to fit them all into reasonable time allocations . |
| 27 | Arts educators ' uncertainty about the objectives of arts education , appropriate pedagogic strategies to adopt and a lack of interest in coming to terms with the contemporary trends of education create a difficult climate for the provision of professional development for Britain 's teachers in the arts . |
| 28 | Mr Wolfowitz faced a difficult panel yesterday . |
| 29 | The contest attracted 24 entrants and the judges — Mrs. D. Crosse from St. John Ambulance , Keith Brundish and Brian Ranger of the Rotary Club of Alresford , organisers of the carnival — faced a difficult task . |
| 30 | Black Rozario 's just limping now he 's virtually a passenger and er I would think Forest have got a difficult decision to make a moment or two . |