Example sentences of "[noun pl] often [verb] difficulty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents often have difficulties getting their children to sleep . |
| 2 | Managers often have difficulty in identifying their own goals let alone the goals of others . |
| 3 | This increase has clear policy implications since these elderly people tend to live in the worst accommodation , and owners often have difficulties in undertaking their own , or paying for , maintenance . |
| 4 | Teachers can play an important role in helping them to adjust , but since practical and financial arrangements often cause difficulties for parents , teachers need to be sensitive in offering help so that it does not seem intrusive . |
| 5 | Secondly , hemiplegic patients often have difficulties eating , chewing and swallowing , and this can seem repulsive to the carer . |
| 6 | Contemporary reports show that audiences often had difficulties appreciating various kinds of distortion if these distortions had no counterparts in real life . |
| 7 | Board members often reported difficulty in attending area sessions as well as their other commitments . |
| 8 | Subs on the Guardian are relatively light-handed , but reporters on some tabloids often have difficulty recognising their own work — especially if it clashes with the view of the proprietor . |