Example sentences of "is [adv] difficult [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Neal , two of the patterns which it is most difficult to plan accurately are eight-lozenge star arrangements and arrangements of " juggled " , interlaced squares . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , since there are so many possible explanations , the correct one is most difficult to ascertain . |
| 3 | I hope to show that the incompetence that is most difficult to correct is tightly coupled with skilfulness . |
| 4 | Clearly this is most difficult to achieve when people 's objectives are in conflict , but even then , with skill , a win-win can be secured . |
| 5 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 6 | That is something that is rather difficult to define in present-day Iran . |
| 7 | It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we do n't know how the brain works in detail . |
| 8 | It is rather difficult to reconcile this with the ability of major brands in heavily advertised markets to establish and maintain their reputations over many years . |
| 9 | There is also a division between professionals and amateurs , though at times it is rather difficult to draw the line . |
| 10 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 11 | It is rather difficult to explain that . |
| 12 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 14 | * It is rather difficult to get a comparison in money values . |
| 15 | Yet the book is rather difficult to read and the general reader may become discouraged after picking it up , despite the attraction of the illustrations and lay-out . |
| 16 | It is rather difficult to communicate the emotion of gloom and at the same time radiate joy . |
| 17 | As we have seen the true extent of the migration to Coniston is rather difficult to determine at this stage , but many of the newcomers possessed certain skills which the mine was quite happy to take advantage of , in addition to their abilities as miners . |
| 18 | Olson argued that in fact collective action is remarkably difficult to secure for some groups . |
| 19 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
| 20 | The significance of the crisis remains obscure , however , and the extent to which the nobility aligned themselves with the commons in seeking concessions in return for grants of taxation is especially difficult to assess . |
| 21 | The possibility of making the recognition task too easy for subjects is especially difficult to guard against in this type of study since a major expenditure of time and effort is required to collect films and create stimulus tapes , this makes extensive piloting unrealistic . |
| 22 | It is actually the key question in the whole debate , but one in which it is especially difficult to make convincing , informed predictions . |
| 23 | It is especially difficult to keep off when both partners in a relationship use heroin . |
| 24 | I know from my work with homeless families that such people invariably need help late at night , in the early hours of the morning or at weekends , when it is especially difficult to find a general practitioner who will respond quickly to a call to see someone who has arrived on the doorstep — in my case that means the doorstep of the YMCAs for which I worked . |
| 25 | This has had much prominence in the Earth Mysteries field , but is somewhat difficult to define . |
| 26 | This ideological stance is somewhat difficult to transfer into languages in which gender distinctions pervade the grammatical system . |
| 27 | Many writers have said that English word stress is so difficult to predict that it is best to treat stress placement as a property of the individual word , to be learned when the word itself is learned . |
| 28 | Since recruitment by its nature proceeds in waves , the fluctuations can not be avoided , and a serious problem results — all the more serious because it is so difficult to explain to outsiders . |
| 29 | Similarly , it is because of the prevailing values of our society that it is so difficult to implement what at least to economists appear to be technically feasible solutions to our problems . |
| 30 | Because it is so difficult to see in this dark environment , their eyes , like those of insectivorous bats , have become very small . |