Example sentences of "[be] more difficult [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The future behaviour of a less developed country will , however , be more difficult to predict . |
| 2 | What will be more difficult to sustain is the expectation that labour should show total dedication to work now that lifetime employment is becoming ever more the exception . |
| 3 | But in a way , even that would n't be more difficult to credit , perhaps , than the truth . |
| 4 | It is generally price advantageous to specify powders although in use they may be more difficult to control and dose . |
| 5 | But they fear that next year it will be more difficult to take such action , when European Safety Standards , less stringent than Britain 's , come into force . |
| 6 | Additions and embellishments can be more difficult to detect , and here of course the cooperation of the art historian is essential . |
| 7 | Female model crests were manipulated to a greater extent ( 24 mm ) than males ' ( 14mm ) because we suspected a priori that male mating preferences could be more difficult to detect . |
| 8 | Although the courts have not expressly said so , it may be more difficult to do anything for the casus omissus . |
| 9 | The reason HP is rated ‘ difficult to arrange ’ by more people than other credit types is not that people think it would be more difficult to arrange , but that people generally were quicker to apply any comments to it presumably because it has a more prominent image for them . |
| 10 | No order could be more difficult to obey in that house and that room . |
| 11 | From 1 January 1993 , member states will only inspect imports and exports at their frontiers on a spot-check basis , so it will be more difficult to stop the illegal export of works of art . |
| 12 | The first group will be more difficult to deal with . |
| 13 | An infectious outbreak among the staff at a time when holidays are at a peak will be more difficult to manage . |
| 14 | They can be more difficult to manage than even the United States Congress . |
| 15 | Do not use textured , fluffy or other fancy yarns for your first attempts with weaving because these can be more difficult to use . |
| 16 | Step 3 , involving high speed centrifugation in microtitre dishes will be more difficult to automate . |
| 17 | Any model helicopter can be flown with a basic 4-channel aircraft set , but it will be more difficult to set up and very limited in terms of just what you will be able to do with the model , once you have learned to fly it . |
| 18 | The shortest stories in Greyhound for Breakfast owe a lot to Kafka 's briefer parables , though they are apt to be more difficult to understand ; and there can be no doubt that Beckett 's solipsistic tramps have left an impression on the earlier writings . |
| 19 | Others may be more difficult to address . |
| 20 | This may be fine when we can identify the output in terms of manufactured goods but it may be more difficult to measure the output of a government official . |
| 21 | I think it would be more difficult to gain access and get co-operation [ from a British Force ] . |
| 22 | However , it does take more effort to push or pull a garden cart , and it can be more difficult to manoeuvre than single wheeled barrows . |
| 23 | Two wheeled carts are easier to balance than a single wheeled barrow , but tend to be more difficult to manoeuvre . |
| 24 | Leaking capillary joints can be more difficult to repair and will generally need to be replaced . |
| 25 | Jim Dunlop , company secretary of the RSNO , said yesterday that it would obviously be more difficult to balance its budget with a grant which was reduced in real terms because of inflation . |
| 26 | Ford Q1 is a total quality commitment and in many ways is felt to be more difficult to achieve than BS 5750/ISO 9000 . |
| 27 | In a hostile bid , this might be more difficult to achieve without the co-operation of the target 's board ( even if the bidder can identify all the relevant contractual provisions ) . |
| 28 | I think with with the trainee managers being particular , a new system of coming in whereby it will be it will be more difficult to abuse trainee managers . |
| 29 | Furthermore , general medical problems may be more difficult to care for in those who are obese . |
| 30 | It is likely to be more difficult to change attitudes or behaviour through advertising than to reinforce them . |