Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adj] difficulty " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IBOA has serious difficulties with the proposed changes outlined in view of the fact that it would involve additional costs to our membership . |
| 2 | When it reported in April 1982 , the Club had other difficulties to deal with as the Secretary , Bob Hodson , the Professional , Ian Evans , and the Steward all resigned within a short period . |
| 3 | People who have lived for very many years in any institution have considerable difficulties in coping with changes , even if the proposed changes are potentially to be welcomed . |
| 4 | The first reaction to this is that the speller needs to be looked at more closely : the inversion of letters here , and the production of a completely un-English-looking word , suggests that the child has considerable difficulty with visualisation , and possibly has trouble reading , too . |
| 5 | The children sat on ordinary chairs at normal tables and there were no grab bars or straps despite the fact that one child had great difficulty in controlling his limbs . |
| 6 | Having achieved power in certain situations , the military has great difficulty in maintaining it without the support of other important groups in society . |
| 7 | This method of dating has certain difficulties however . |
| 8 | The dyslexic person has great difficulty with this . |
| 9 | It ill became the English king , who was sovereign in his own country , to behave as a vassal towards his French suzerain , and the French king had great difficulty in controlling the behaviour of a vassal who was also a sovereign . |
| 10 | Try giving smaller , more frequent feeds as an initial step — if the baby has slight difficulties with lactose ( see above ) then this may be the answer . |
| 11 | I understand , too , that the poor migrainee when under attack has tremendous difficulty in hearing and seeing the normal , outside world . |
| 12 | In addition , the secretary had grave difficulty in reaching agreement with the White House on senior appointments in his department . |
| 13 | It is this bond which the ‘ achievers ’ at the top of the hierarchy have great difficulty in understanding , mainly because of their obsession with constant verbal signals . |
| 14 | But among those students a considerable number have great difficulty with the university course . |
| 15 | Even if a computer was available which could cope with the load , the system has serious difficulties not least of which is coverage . |
| 16 | The patient has great difficulty in being coherent . |
| 17 | In their language there is no word which means telling lies , and my master had great difficulty in understanding me . |
| 18 | When the town was first built , the Railway Company had great difficulty in locating a pure water supply . |
| 19 | Central Office had great difficulty finding seats for the candidates of the National Democratic Party ( NDP ) , as the BWL had become by 1918 , and it took some time even to find a place for Victor Fisher himself before he was finally installed for Stourbridge . |
| 20 | With such a small proportion of employed industrial workers in its ranks , the Party had great difficulty in carrying out its work in factory cells and trade-union groups . |