Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will give you a head start and make it difficult for the driver to follow . |
| 2 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |
| 3 | This will cause emotional disharmony and make it difficult to act effectively in any way at all . |
| 4 | Who needs wheel spats that collect debris and make it difficult to maintain the brakes , particularly when the engine is only 160hp in an airframe capable of taking 250 ? |
| 5 | There is also a danger that the reforms will enshrine the division between primary , secondary , and tertiary care and make it difficult to coordinate their activities and to move funds from one sector to another . |
| 6 | Their manager , Alex MacDonald , an old Ranger himself , is clear about what his side can and can not do : ‘ We work hard and harass and make it difficult for the opposition . ’ |
| 7 | This is compounded , second , by cross-cutting political objectives that conflict with the achievement of clear financial targets and make it difficult to hold management to account for its actions . |
| 8 | After all those years in Paris he found the bright sunshine and the sparkling translucence of the air disturbed his concentration and made it difficult for him to work . |
| 9 | Unemployment in the 1980s forced many older people into early retirement and made it difficult for others to find work . |
| 10 | ‘ Mark has done well in pre-season and made it difficult for me because Dublin has also done quite well . |
| 11 | It marked them off from other men and made it difficult for them to settle down to the dull conformity of civilian existence after the war . |
| 12 | The rainwater washed away the topsoil and made it difficult to replant trees . |
| 13 | Banks entered this market in a big way in the early 1980s , after the abolition of the ‘ corset ’ scheme , which inhibited the growth of their interest-bearing deposits and made it difficult for them to lend large sums without incurring financial penalties imposed by the Bank of England . |
| 14 | In spite of this he was sexually very experienced and attractive to women and found it difficult to turn down their advances . |
| 15 | Robert had never been a healthy man and found it difficult to earn a living . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew all about calories , but I really enjoyed food and found it difficult to lost weight ! |
| 17 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 18 | She had been treated with drugs , which made her feel worse , and found it difficult to speak at all . |
| 19 | She was always sceptical about international news and found it difficult to trust the reports . |
| 20 | ‘ He has tried to draft in fresh faces , and found it difficult for them to fit in . |
| 21 | The first attempt was abandoned in perfect weather when Davison fell ill and found it difficult to see . |
| 22 | Peter was a most agreeable guy but was a non-journalist and found it difficult to adapt to what was wanted in an unfamiliar role . |
| 23 | I wanted to reply to your star letter about the lady who wanted to work but had small children and found it difficult . |
| 24 | She was genuinely concerned to help the customer and found it difficult to see any other point of view . ’ |
| 25 | The two men were about the same age , nearing fifty ; both were of the lean kind with strong features and over-thin lips ; both were taciturn and found it difficult to put ideas into words . |
| 26 | In the euphoria of getting through the first night , Charles had forgotten how much concentration that effort had taken , and found it difficult to get back the rhythm of his lines with the A.S.M. The sleepless night and the excesses which it had incorporated did not help , either . |
| 27 | Gorge and Mary Webster eventually had another twelve children and found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 28 | Pears felt groggy in the closing stages and found it difficult to concentrate . |
| 29 | She expects her son-in-law to be just the same kind of husband and father , with all the same values and priorities , and finds it difficult to accept him as a man with a different set of strengths and weaknesses , however happy he makes her daughter , and this may need to be pointed out to her . |
| 30 | The patient is chilly and irritable and finds it difficult to cope . |