Example sentences of "be difficult [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It would be difficult to draft measures which protected the minority who borrowed unwisely without depriving the large numbers of others , who knew how to use it wisely , of its benefits .
2 It would be difficult to assess things like that with Donald .
3 It might be difficult to stop books being stolen .
4 He judged that it would be difficult to persuade readers of the artistry of Klee 's art , which appeared similar to children 's drawings , so he stressed the work 's imaginative content .
5 It will also be difficult to compare quotations where items have been priced without the relevant quantities .
6 It may be difficult to move areas since many local authorities and some housing associations operate strict residence restrictions .
7 It would be difficult to confuse adults with any other species in the North Atlantic .
8 This means it will be difficult to implement servers or distributed applications with a high-level of security or be compatible with systems that do and there will only be very limited interoperability between NT and DCE applications .
9 Another point is that it could be difficult to direct members to the book shelves , CAL area etc if only one desk was planned .
10 In practice , given the monoglot tendency in secondary education it might be difficult to recruit students with the necessary competence .
11 As such the concept of social representation will necessarily be some son of general , background concept , and it will be difficult to find elements of socially shared consciousness , which are not social representations and which can be used for contrastive purposes .
12 When it comes to choosing kitchen equipment it can be difficult to find items that suit the style of your kitchen and perform well .
13 c ) It can be difficult to find files or papers if they are just piled in a drawer in no particular order .
14 It might , however , be difficult to get builders , who are always on the look-out for new and successful products , to subscribe to this .
15 shelves spaced too widely apart can waste a lot of space , and it can be difficult to remove clothes which are near the bottom of a high pile .
16 But the nomadic lifestyle of the travellers means that even if they were recognised by law , it would be difficult to provide sites for them ;
17 FORTNUM & Mason , the Piccadilly store which has so far shrugged off the effects of recession , yesterday warned that it will be difficult to maintain profits in the 12 months to July .
18 The Far East is also an important area but it has been difficult to find firms of the requisite standard who are independent .
19 It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes .
20 He says Henley does change but very gradually … it 's been difficult to introduce women 's racing , but we have this year and there 's a very high standard here … up to Olympic standard
21 Little over FFr 250,000 sold , and some dealers said it had been difficult to get collectors to concentrate on highly priced items , let along sign cheques , in the crowded conditions of the George V basement .
22 But it 's difficult to remember things like that when you 've been brought up in a village and you 're used to chatting to everyone you meet .
23 The trouble about starting a very small business is that it 's difficult to do things of any great originality , because you do n't have the buying power or maybe the manufacturing base to really get the thing off the ground .
24 It 's difficult to hear chords in different ways and impossible on the the normal guitar to do piano-type chords . ’
25 It 's difficult to find companies willing to be specific about the changes or benefits that have resulted from the services of a consulting guru .
26 It 's difficult to get matches under your belt when you 're like that .
27 As I 'm six and a half feet tall , it 's difficult to get jeans to fit me .
28 Erm I I think it 's difficult to quote examples off the cuff here er the er British Aerospace for example , I know that erm er the company has planned to introduce cellular manufacturing techniques for some components which will reduce the number of man hours that are devoted to the manufacture of that item an and given a level of throughput will do the job a lot more efficiently .
29 Once the structure is complete , it 's difficult to prevent sounds passing from one part to another , or to prevent sounds entering or leaving the building .
30 I think it 's difficult to make friends
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