Example sentences of "[vb infin] it difficult [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High levels of waste will make it difficult for a river to absorb the quantities involved , reducing its ability to recycle waste , with the result that aquatic life dies and human life is threatened with disease . |
| 2 | The striping may make it difficult for a predator to select one animal out from the others in a tightly packed herd and equally difficult to judge distances between itself , its intended prey and the rest of the herd . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the inclusion of these issues may make it difficult for a dieting lay-reader . |
| 4 | As an important by-product it will also make it difficult for prospective bidders to build up stakes in secret . |
| 5 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 6 | This may make it difficult for the counsellor to know whether , and to what extent , to pursue the issue . |
| 7 | ‘ He is exciting and unpredictable and while that can make it difficult for others to play with him , it is also one of his great strengths . |
| 8 | Physical activities can also sometimes cause difficulties since restricted visual fields can make it difficult for a child to catch a ball , wield a bat effectively or aim at a goal . |
| 9 | Despite aggressive cost cutting , however , it believes a weak business environment will make it difficult for the company to be profitable this year . |
| 10 | Anna Marsden , director of the foundation which was established to raise new funds for voluntary work , said the gulf could make it difficult for people to seek help . |
| 11 | Outsiders believe the charges may make it difficult for SCO to go public until they are resolved . |
| 12 | High gates and fences at the back of your home will make it difficult for a burglar to get in and slip away unnoticed . |
| 13 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 14 | This can make it difficult for management to exercise control because orders tend to become more distorted as they pass through more layers ; 90 per cent compliance at each stage in the hierarchy implies less than 50 per cent compliance from one end to the other over seven stages ( see Williamson , 1975 , ch. 3 ) . |
| 15 | But physical disabilities can make it difficult for you to express your sexuality . |
| 16 | However , other mammals are strongly attracted by them which will make it difficult for the perfume manufacturers , who have extracted and patented human copulins , to market them successfully . |
| 17 | He knows we could make it difficult for him . |
| 18 | That could cause difficulties and if such an inhibition operated which did not apply to other bus companies it could make it difficult for management-employee buy-out teams to raise funds . |
| 19 | Does not that make it difficult for the United Nations to carry out a peacekeeping role ? |
| 20 | This in turn may make it difficult for the manager to evoke commitment and enthusiasm . |
| 21 | Neither names are registered as a trade mark ; in fact the names would be refused registration because they are too descriptive of computer retailing generally and would make it difficult for other traders to describe their business activities . |
| 22 | But it is easy to accept Brown and Harris 's cautious suggestion that this same factor may make it difficult for the woman to get treatment . |
| 23 | But anti-whaling nations , including the UK and USA , succeeded in delaying the resumption of whaling until at least next year , by insisting that further work on the formula needed to be undertaken , and by adding various amendments and qualifications which collectively would make it difficult for the plan to operate in practice . |
| 24 | Lakeside residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 25 | But residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through . |
| 26 | But Lakeside residents say the plans will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 27 | ‘ We know Clydebank will make it difficult for us on their own ground but it is important to this club that Aberdeen go through to meet Hibs in the semi-finals , ’ said manager Willie Miller . |
| 28 | In saying that though Robert Martin did make it difficult for you . |
| 29 | We can make it difficult for the respondent to do this by randomizing the direction of the successive ratings so that ‘ desirable ’ is sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right . |
| 30 | To reply instead yes would give a feeling of ‘ finality ’ , of ‘ end of the conversation ’ ; if A did have something to say about John Smith , the response with a fall would make it difficult for A to continue . |