Example sentences of "[v-ing] it difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems identified by the librarian and other members of the library committee included : ( 1 ) inappropriate and inflexible shelving , making it difficult to shelve books in Dewey order ; |
| 2 | She was scarlet with confusion , the breathtaking desire mounting between them making it difficult to cling to her train of thought . |
| 3 | Our jobs become more demanding , making it difficult to devote the time to train every day and maintain the routine we once had . |
| 4 | Her fear was almost choking her , making it difficult to breathe . |
| 5 | Her heart began to thud erratically , and she felt as if a great weight was pressing down on her making it difficult to breathe . |
| 6 | Outside the smell from the brewery hung over the town , stifling as a warm pillow , making it difficult to breathe . |
| 7 | The way he was embracing her was making it difficult to breathe . |
| 8 | Suddenly her throat was tight ; a pressure seemed to be constricting her lungs , making it difficult to breathe as a tiny alarm bell began to ring in her brain . |
| 9 | Mars is in your opposite sign Leo , making it difficult to cope with a special relationship . |
| 10 | Well , we had neither : the sun was already moving down into the west , making it difficult to judge depths by water colour , and the seas were definitely not moderate . |
| 11 | In the water I found only a few coins because the beach dropped off quite steeply into the water , making it difficult to detect . |
| 12 | Finally , as we have shown earlier , what is defined as criminal varies across time and place , thus making it difficult to argue that in-built differences between the sexes can explain what is a variable phenomena . |
| 13 | It 's making it difficult to save money |
| 14 | His special offer comes as estate agents say it 's a good time to buy but high interest rates are making it difficult to sell . |
| 15 | A force eight wind was blowing straight into our faces , making it difficult to hold binoculars steady . |
| 16 | Although the mechanisms behind this geographical variance are unclear , what is not in dispute is that spatial polarization in voting behaviour has increased steadily , especially during the three general elections of 1979 , 1983 and 1987 , making it difficult to disagree with the conclusion that the ‘ nationalization ’ of British politics has now been replaced by an emerging local differentiation . |
| 17 | These factors interact making it difficult to predict the likely level of difficulty of a specific problem for pupils . |
| 18 | The problem with such ladder filters is that , in general , each section loads the preceding one with a different impedance making it difficult to predict the overall performance of the ladder or to design a ladder to meet a given specification . |
| 19 | When petrological thin-sectioning ( see glossary ) is carried out , many separate items of data may be collected from each artefact studied , making it difficult to see those groupings of artefacts that have features in common . |
| 20 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 21 | The buildings at Hollins Farm go right to the edge of the road , making it difficult to see , she said . |
| 22 | Already it was pressing against it , jamming the wheel , making it difficult to steer . |
| 23 | It seems that most designers of fibreglass pools are not water gardeners , for the shelves are often narrow and curved making it difficult to accommodate a traditional square planting basket . |
| 24 | A reduced ampitude of the electrical control activity may result in a marked diminution of the signal to noise ratio making it difficult to extract the true dominant frequency . |
| 25 | Elsewhere , later changes will have obscured much of this early pattern , making it difficult to reconstruct the early framework . |
| 26 | My knees were knocking and my lips quivering , making it difficult to get round the words . |
| 27 | These must be easy to reach — some designs push the drive cage against the motherboard , making it difficult to get at the drive 's screws . |
| 28 | The New Zealand Press Association reported police dropped the charges because the team had openly declared the performance enhancing drugs , making it difficult to prove they intended to commit an offence . |
| 29 | The New Zealand Press Association reported police dropped the charges because the team had openly declared the performance-enhancing drugs , making it difficult to prove they intended to commit an offence . |
| 30 | Three years provide some degree of continuity , but they also build in a degree of inflexibility , making it difficult to react to change . |