Example sentences of "difficult [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theft terms it is difficult to see that one of the rights of the customer has been adversely interfered with . |
| 2 | On closer inspection , however , it is not difficult to see that this is a rather mild counter-movement , one of those smaller eddies that spring up again and again from the many-layered structure of historical change within every stage of more comprehensive processes . |
| 3 | It was not difficult to spot that some of the products in our portfolio could never again be profitable . |
| 4 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 5 | Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) . |
| 6 | Yet , somehow , because the mind of another creature is such alien territory to us , we find it difficult to accept that such mental activity and subjective sensory awareness , really is going on . |
| 7 | Even if we now find it difficult to accept that these were real or substantial recompenses for the life she had chosen to live we can not reasonably question that she did . |
| 8 | It is difficult to accept that this is an expense of the accounting period in which only an order was issued . |
| 9 | However , influenced by the fact that the deterrence policy is firmly adhered to by the governments of the superpowers and has some political acceptability , and that the traditional doctrine of the laws of war did not apply to preparation for war , his eventual conclusion is that it would be difficult to state that any measures short of use are illegal . |
| 10 | Outside , facing the W door it is difficult to remember that this is the most modern part of the cathedral , created at the same time as Prague 's Functionalist architecture . |
| 11 | It is difficult to imagine that such species were rapid swimmers . |
| 12 | It is difficult to imagine that this was once Britains first electric main line . |
| 13 | It is difficult to believe that fifteen to twenty years ago the majority of people in this country did not have a bank Current Account . |
| 14 | I sometimes find it difficult to believe that other lesbians will accept me as one of them . |
| 15 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 16 | Foreign firms find it difficult to believe that Japanese costs are really low enough to justify such low prices and there is some evidence that the domestic prices of equivalent goods are higher . |
| 17 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
| 18 | The damaged vegetation grew back very quickly in the following months , and by the end of 1992 it was difficult to believe that such a wide swathe had originally been bulldozed . |
| 19 | It is difficult to believe that many of the prestige projects discussed in Chapter 8 would have been contemplated in the absence of the very high volumes of aid reaching countries for other , more mundane , purposes . |
| 20 | So much has been written about Monteverdi 's L'Orfeo that it may be difficult to believe that many of the puzzles can be answered through a study of Renaissance humanistic traditions . |
| 21 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 22 | It is astonishing to find that ‘ unemployment ’ finds no mention in the book and difficult to believe that this ‘ megatrend ’ will not have as great an influence on the United States in the 1980s as the 10 trends which he discusses . |
| 23 | However , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour . |
| 24 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 25 | In some cases they may explode or manage to throw off enough matter to reduce their mass below the limit and so avoid catastrophic gravitational collapse , but it was difficult to believe that this always happened , no matter how big the star . |
| 26 | It is extremely difficult to believe that this cult did not have political overtones . |
| 27 | In the provincial press , and especially the local weeklies , it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare . |
| 28 | It was difficult to believe that these birds had been harvested for food on Mykines for generations , or to argue against the Faroese claim that the strict regulations which apply to the fowling are designed to ensure that the population numbers are not adversely affected . |
| 29 | By day , Claxby signal box is warm and friendly and it is difficult to believe that any mysterious events could take place there . |
| 30 | It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral . |