Example sentences of "can [verb] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can make them difficult to remove from detectors with individual ‘ drop in ’ battery compartments . |
| 2 | The fact that the disturbing factors may be complex , and that the body tends to limit the symptoms of disease to the physical plane if at all possible , can make it difficult to determine what the basic underlying imbalance is . |
| 3 | Its comprehensiveness can make it difficult to read at times , but it is a text that is well worth persevering with . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In reality there can be practical and technical problems which can make it difficult and sometimes impossible . |
| 6 | The latter has lovely tones but is not always an easy leaf to use as its heavy colouring can make it difficult to incorporate into a design . |
| 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 | Maddox ( 1980 ) describes how love and anger , ghosts and grandparents , home and food , jealousy and authority can make it difficult to live with other people 's children . |
| 10 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | But physical disabilities can make it difficult for you to express your sexuality . |
| 13 | Although the theoretical motivation for positing social network as a speaker variable can be made relatively explicit , its use presents certain problems , the first of which concerns the measurement and quantification of network structure ; for like social class and ethnicity , the ill-definedness of the network concept can make it difficult to operationalize . |
| 14 | Thus , the absence of a common framework for evaluating risks can make it difficult to arrive at consensus decisions . |
| 15 | Anjuu Misra , actress , explains that the schedule can make it difficult to learn lines . |
| 16 | Although ANTA 's new location can make it difficult to get raw materials in and finished product out , the Stewarts are convinced the move north was a good one geographically . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Companies can find it difficult to know which agencies they should approach and , according to Ms Gordon , often become frustrated with the agencies for sending along unsuitable applicants . |
| 19 | In any income range , people can find it difficult to make ends meet — especially with steep inflation . |
| 20 | Sometimes we can find it difficult to visualise positive outcomes ; if this is the case I suggest you refer to Chapter Three , which explains that all qualities can be given an opposite , more positive , interpretation . |
| 21 | Workers can find it difficult to discuss sexuality with young people in care , especially because individuals and society are prejudiced against homosexuality . |
| 22 | As administrators can find it difficult to confirm debt to unsecured creditors and delays can be experienced , NCM 's wording is to the policyholder 's advantage . |
| 23 | For page one three four and T U P E , yes , well we have done quite an extensive document , there 's been a lot done about T U P E in the public sector we 've done it in the government sector and given guidelines , and T U P E , while it is like you rightly say , a step forward , it 's not the total answer we need something better , but it does level out the playing field that the cowboys can find it difficult in and we as a union are advocating to our members where there is a transfer taking place , whether there 's a change to your employment challenge it and we will support that challenge with the necessary legal interpretation if so . |
| 24 | One can find it difficult to discuss a patient 's complaint when society 's puritanical view of the anorectal and urogenital region is so strong . |