Example sentences of "it difficult [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | E. J. Urwick , on the other hand , found it difficult to reconcile talk about ‘ the decline of physical energy ’ with ‘ a class of boys bursting with animal energy ’ . |
| 3 | Operational problems were experienced at some of the less well positioned businesses which found it difficult to sustain market share in the current environment . |
| 4 | In calmer moments , too , she understood how it was that Edward , though generous at heart , found it difficult to give way . |
| 5 | We believe that part of the reason lies in the fact that no integrated fleet management system has been on offer before and potential users are put off by having to deal with third parties , complicated billing arrangements which makes it difficult to access payback , and lack of geographical coverage . |
| 6 | Many SMEs find it difficult to access technology and often do not appreciate how they might benefit from it . |
| 7 | I found it difficult to regain control of the beast . |
| 8 | The council says the withholding of poll tax payments and industrial action by treasury staff have made it difficult to collect money . |
| 9 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Given the variety of published material , both ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ , a church musician may find it difficult to choose music which is appropriate for a particular choir and congregation and which possesses style , invention and staying power . |
| 12 | ‘ I am so incensed , that I find it difficult to remain objective about it . ’ |
| 13 | It 's making it difficult to save money |
| 14 | The national contract also makes it difficult to tackle variation in the quality of primary care so that populations with the greatest need too often receive the worst quality care . |
| 15 | Hungry as she was , Claudia found it difficult to do justice to the meal . |
| 16 | But until the problem of export licences is solved foreign auction houses will find it difficult to do business |
| 17 | Evidence suggests that Regions find it difficult to do business on the rather competitive ‘ put in your bids ’ basis . |
| 18 | Although Laura 's formal education finished prematurely , she showed a remarkable capacity for intellectual growth in the middle years of her life : many of her ideas were changing so fast that her colleagues often found it difficult to keep pace . |
| 19 | Without animal fats to eat , cats would , among other serious problems , find it difficult to achieve reproduction , blood-clotting and new cell production . |
| 20 | As we will see in Chapter 12 , the courts have also gone to great lengths to make it difficult to bring tort actions against regulatory bodies . |
| 21 | The other participants from Japan acknowledged that the country 's CATV regulations make it difficult to obtain public access , but agreed that awakening public interest through seminars and publications is an important first step . |
| 22 | Many students find it difficult to obtain insurance cover for their belongings whilst they 're lining in digs or halls of residence . |
| 23 | However , the individual concerned would find it difficult to obtain credit in the future — a point often overlooked by those who advocated the system . |
| 24 | However , one still hears all sorts of rumours to the effect that it is possible for others to obtain information , yet one or two of my constituents found it difficult to obtain information about the identity of a car owner involved in an accident . |
| 25 | Many of us find it difficult to have faith and trust and feel love for someone that we can not see and often feel that we can not hear or get close to . |
| 26 | His central principle was that ‘ probability is the guide to life ’ , and he applied this principle to those who find it difficult to accept Christianity . |
| 27 | Coleridge found it difficult to accept failure quite so dispassionately . |
| 28 | Mr MacKay told the conference , organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs , that parts of Gwynedd would find it difficult to attract investment even when the upgrading of the A55 had been completed . |
| 29 | This contact was increasingly in danger of disappearing due to the economic pressures on the company , and , by the same token , budget pressures on the school which were making it difficult to commit teacher time to a non-class contact time activity . |
| 30 | The small space markers between words are a pain , making it difficult to read text under about 10 point , and the short paragraph start markers make the letters they 're over blurred . |