Example sentences of "it [verb] difficult [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe . |
| 2 | Now that 's when the movement was erm mainly underground , it was erm s organization and working together er in a sort of a covert manner , things were very secretive er and then after June it became more open as it became , the , the er movement became more accepted or well known , it became difficult to continue it underground so it became more open . |
| 3 | But this enthusiasm swiftly evaporated and soon it became difficult to find anyone who was satisfied with it , let alone enthusiastic . |
| 4 | Thus , all ‘ go ’ periods tended to be followed by ‘ stop ’ periods and it became difficult to achieve long-term economic growth . |
| 5 | In any event , and this is the real answer , Bismarck had not yet given up hope of bringing his scheme to a successful conclusion and even though it seemed difficult to envisage just how this could be done , he waited for his moment . |
| 6 | That salary was more than ever a disincentive : it seemed difficult to attract experienced candidates . |
| 7 | ‘ This is where it gets difficult to explain . |
| 8 | This is another area where it appears difficult to reconcile demographic and housing trends . |
| 9 | In view of the contradictions which beset historical societies , it appears difficult to explain their survival . |
| 10 | It seems difficult to explain so obvious an assertion in simpler terms . |
| 11 | Such language seems vacuous to some , but if we are to comprehend the nature of the arts in particular , being is a concept which it seems difficult to do without . |
| 12 | A problem with this point of view is that there is in fact no evidence of descent groups having ever existed without these two levels and it seems difficult to treat all documented cases as transitions from a stage for which there is no evidence . |
| 13 | But it seems difficult to refute the Soviet contention that in Russia the advance of industrial capitalism , rather than fostering moderation , reformism and concern with purely economic goals , was nourishing an increasingly radical and politically conscious proletariat . |
| 14 | It seems difficult to argue that these are insignificant remnants of a forgotten tradition for a composer who so meticulously marked his scores ; surely these differences must imply either changes of tempo or a relationship with the previous and/or succeeding tempo ? |
| 15 | It seems difficult to write behavioural objectives for this domain alone , as affective functioning is always interwoven with cognitive functioning . |
| 16 | ( iv ) Differently , it seems difficult to accept that consciousness is tolerably conceived when it is so conceived that it follows that anything that can be regarded as passing through certain sequences of causal or logical states is conscious . |
| 17 | One major problem is that if the offence is defined so as to include all touchings to which the victim does not consent , it seems difficult to exclude everyday physical contact with others . |
| 18 | On the whole it seems difficult to believe they are very important . |
| 19 | I am always told they you should have a trim every 4–6 weeks to get rid of all the split ends but it seems difficult to grow my hair when it 's constantly being cut . |
| 20 | Maybe it was not direct aid and did not have a serious effect , but it seems difficult to imagine any sportsman , black or white , entering sport entirely unassisted . |
| 21 | It seems difficult to imagine the next target . |
| 22 | It seems difficult to imagine how this could come about . |
| 23 | It seems difficult to imagine it translating even across the Mersey . |
| 24 | However , in so far as their purpose is purely redistributive , it seems difficult to provide a rationale for price subsidies or in-kind transfers rather than cash transfers , and yet these latter forms of assistance are extremely important components of public expenditure ( see , e.g. Brennan and Pincus 1983 ) . |
| 25 | When war again broke out with France in June 1778 it proved difficult to scrape together 21 ships of the line ready for sea , in spite of a nominal strength of 199 first , second or third rates . |
| 26 | However , it proved difficult to persuade growers to accept the new seed — until problems in Ivory Coast and Jamaica , the main seed-producing nations , led to a drastic reduction in supplies from these states . |
| 27 | A fund was established to reward headmen for good police work , but it proved difficult to manage properly . |
| 28 | His orgasms seemed to him to be perfectly genuine , but once Maisie had an idea in her head it proved difficult to shift . |
| 29 | However , it proved difficult to embody this compromise in a satisfactory constitutional formula . |
| 30 | Experienced bar and kitchen staff were recruited fairly easily in Melcaster , but it proved difficult to find restaurant staff of the same calibre . |