Example sentences of "it difficult [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of policies of that period like Samuel Brittan have suggested that chancellors found it difficult to time their uses of the economic ‘ brake ’ or ‘ accelerator ’ properly , and that the ‘ stop-go ’ pattern that emerged provided a poor economic environment for investment decisions , and thus inhibited British growth . |
| 2 | Such an unsettled lifestyle made it difficult for Pauline to accumulate much in the way of household possessions , but what it did give her was a very cosmopolitan view . |
| 3 | The industry does n't like dealing with the artist direct because that makes it difficult for music business professionals to be as critical or as observant as they would like . |
| 4 | The hormone progestogen taken regularly every day at the same time causes changes making it difficult for sperm to enter the womb or for the womb to accept a fertilised egg . |
| 5 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 6 | This makes it difficult for caterers to use the most suitable materials possible on walls and floor surfaces for maximum hygiene , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 8 | No public inquiry report has yet been written in the ICAO format , making it difficult for researchers into air safety matters to extract the information they are looking for . |
| 9 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 10 | To reply instead yes would give a feeling of ‘ finality ’ , of ‘ end of the conversation ’ ; if A did have something to say about John Smith , the response with a fall would make it difficult for A to continue . |
| 11 | Unemployment in the 1980s forced many older people into early retirement and made it difficult for others to find work . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | The close connection between politics and revenue patronage made it difficult for superiors to discipline officers who stepped out of line , and even when an officer was actually dismissed he could , and did , fight to secure his reinstatement by pulling political strings . |
| 14 | But he was also occupying space behind the defenders , making it difficult for attackers to get in on passes . ’ |
| 15 | Local class conflict sometimes makes it difficult for communities to recognise the need for solidarity in dealing with external factors . |
| 16 | Competitive firms are often thought to lack the resources to do effective R&D , and vigorous price competition means that all of the gains to innovation are passed on to consumers , making it difficult for firms to generate the profits necessary to finance R&D . |
| 17 | It will ask why women put up with their subordinate position in society , or rather , examine the strength of the pressures which make it difficult for women to produce social change despite their continuing attempts to do so . |
| 18 | ‘ The Founders ’ rights make it difficult for NoS to be taken over , ’ they warned . |
| 19 | Although the confusion of shifts in allegiance within the various loyalist groupings made it difficult for contemporaries to see the underlying direction of change , with hindsight we can see a simplification of unionist politics . |
| 20 | The decision in Smith v Baker ( 1891 ) made it difficult for employers to rely on a volenti defence . |
| 21 | Whilst the relative decline of manufacturing was not a direct consequence of the expansion of services , there are obvious questions relating to the manner in which the relative attractiveness of services make it difficult for manufacturing to recruit high quality labour and whether their geographical concentration reinforced metropolitan attitudes within central government administration and , thus , indirectly worked against a clear understanding of regional industrial decline . |
| 22 | ‘ The confiscation of proceeds from drugs crimes makes it difficult for traffickers to salt away their funds , do time and come out to the high life . ’ |
| 23 | The SEC 's case , according to BASF finance director Max Dietrich Kley , is that the chemical giant 's figures understate profits , making it difficult for investors to compare them with those of other concerns . |
| 24 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 25 | Lakeside residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 26 | But residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through . |
| 27 | But Lakeside residents say the plans will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 28 | The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need . |
| 29 | As importantly , a fully enclosed heating element and rubber nozzle guard make it difficult for users to accidentally burn themselves . |
| 30 | Initially , the great masses of floating pumice which had piled up on the sea made it difficult for ships to force their way through the water — rafts three metres thick were reported in places — but eventually parties were able to reach the islands and determine what changes had taken place . |