Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | The abstract quality of symbols such as the Swastika renders it difficult for cerebral intelligence to grasp the full concept and implications of their purpose , which is to awaken the more subliminal centres relating to feelings and intuitive responses . |
| 2 | That conception makes it difficult to address sharp upheavals in the international system that occur in many periods of structural change , the rivalry between different countries that occurs in international trade and finance , or the impact that a country 's internal conditions ( such as the structure of its unions and management ) have on its international position . |
| 3 | The extent of this digestion makes it difficult even to identify the prey animals , and the teeth are so fragile that any disturbance of these specimens during transport or burial would be likely to destroy them completely . |
| 4 | There may be pupils whose eye condition makes it difficult to tolerate bright light and who suffer to some extent from photophobia ( for instance those who are albinos or who have coloboma ) . |
| 5 | That 's not an easy task of the wind makes it difficult to maintain that balance . |
| 6 | Changing a light bulb can be very tricky , especially if a two-way switch makes it difficult to tell whether the light is switched on or off . |
| 7 | The generation gap makes it difficult , at my age , to find the generosity to devote the time and effort required to figure out what the bright young things are up to . |
| 8 | Darren Bicknell is impressed with Benjamin : ‘ His slingy action makes him difficult to pick up . |
| 9 | The LAW 's main function is ‘ to make development land available as quickly as possible where the private sector finds it difficult to complete transactions ’ . |
| 10 | However , the scarcity of craters on the maria makes it difficult to understand how lava could have been extensively fractured leave alone reduced to dust . |
| 11 | The secretiveness of the Alien Office 's work makes it difficult to provide details of Brooke 's activities : ‘ My duties have ever been of the most confidential nature , ’ he wrote to R. B. Jenkinson , second Earl of Liverpool , in 1809 . |
| 12 | The fact that this coincided with Britain 's exit from the ERM makes it difficult to distinguish between the favourable judgement taken of the merger ( on the day of the announcement and subsequently ) and the general advance of the stock market . |
| 13 | Their numerical pluralism makes it difficult , if not impossible , to make and enforce a bargain , tacit or explicit , that would achieve moderation . |
| 14 | Ceremonial plumage makes it difficult to tell whether the hat fits . |
| 15 | It is difficult for them to be drawn accurately and the human eye finds it difficult to detect small differences — in our example the slices representing 12% and 13% of the total . |
| 16 | The great weight of Scottish opinion finds it difficult to understand why , contrary to its Standing Orders , the House of Commons has been unable to establish a Select Committee to scrutinise Scottish affairs . |
| 17 | Most of the many suggested grids bear little relation to each other , and their generalized nature makes them difficult to apply to practical Earth Mysteries . |
| 18 | It was announced that Mrs Ann Lucas has resigned as Minutes Secretary since her new job makes it difficult for her to travel from Aberystwyth for committee meetings . |
| 19 | The lack of information on this point makes it difficult to judge the accuracy of the printed text . |
| 20 | Incontinence may be caused by disease or infection , or because a person finds it difficult to reach or use a toilet . |
| 21 | That lack of leadership makes it difficult for him to do other than cavil at our figures . |
| 22 | Indeed the strength of the bond makes it difficult to remove the so called cementless hips if a second operation is needed . |
| 23 | The user finds it difficult to narrow down his or her search . |
| 24 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 25 | FAXgrabber finds it difficult to ‘ read ’ material unless it is in high or fine resolution . |
| 26 | So flowers keep their nectar behind locks to which only a small group or even a single species has the key , which is of such a specialised design that its owner finds it difficult if not impossible to use on any other flower . |
| 27 | It will be evident that the Pearce-Hall theory finds it difficult to deal with the effects of contextual factors . |
| 28 | The elusive nature of the reactions seen in food intolerance makes it difficult to rule out this diagnosis without very thorough testing , and there seems to have been undue reliance on skin-prick tests in this study , despite the fact that these are unreliable indicators in most cases of food sensitivity . |
| 29 | Furthermore , mixing up used disposables with the rest of the household rubbish makes it difficult to recycle them afterwards . |
| 30 | The second problem is that the complex multi-causal nature of drug use makes it difficult to identify what particular combinations of factors make people likely to use heroin , and changes in these causal variables could increase the size of the potential user population . |