Example sentences of "difficult [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is difficult to see these factors as amounting to an absolute restriction when put against the equally well recorded government support for overcapacity and inefficient working . |
| 2 | The notion seems a useful one , though it is difficult to confirm these settings scientifically . |
| 3 | Though the Workshops Regulation Act of 1867 forbade the employment of children under eight in any handicraft and stated that those aged between eight and thirteen must attend school for at least ten hours a week , it was difficult to enforce these provisions and they were widely evaded . |
| 4 | Also , the spring-line units are becoming difficult to obtain these days . |
| 5 | It is difficult to relate these mortality figures to the good initial prognosis that patients with sub-endocardial infarctions enjoy . |
| 6 | The ebony itself is extremely difficult to find these days , and I ended up buying 10 turning blanks , 30x2x2in ; each just enough to get a leg out of ! |
| 7 | They often found it difficult to resist these demands . |
| 8 | It is difficult to evaluate these innovations . |
| 9 | Next to him , the dear old thing , Blowers , at least persevered to the end , but did admit finally , ‘ Gosh , it 's difficult to identify these chaps . |
| 10 | It is difficult to put these sums into context for there is no knowing what benefit has been achieved compared to what would have resulted from some other social expenditure . |
| 11 | It is very easy to have all the right motives , intentions and objectives ; it is often very difficult to put these intentions effectively into practice . |
| 12 | It is difficult to use these data to draw any reliable inferences as to whether the prevalence among the institutional population is increasing . |
| 13 | If I did not believe that the answer to these questions was in each case a resounding yes I would have found it very difficult to give these lectures . |
| 14 | Erm er I 'll try to deal with the erm it 's it 's very very difficult to separate these topics out and and teach that one as a topic in , in a sense . |
| 15 | However , since the majority of rapes are not reported to the police , it is difficult to interpret these figures . |
| 16 | It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ . |
| 17 | It is very difficult to date these artefacts , owing to their poor condition , but here goes : |
| 18 | In the broad sense of the term ‘ political ’ , the answer must be in the affirmative , but it would be difficult to describe these intellectuals as ‘ dissidents ’ , Many have , in fact , refused to accept this label ; it has overtones of being unpatriotic . |
| 19 | Further problems arose because the aisles were narrower and lower than nave or choir , and it was difficult to reconcile these variations with the use of a semi-circular arch . |
| 20 | When your most familiar role models are those of a compliant woman or the ‘ strong , silent type ’ of man you may find it difficult to reconcile these influences with the aggressive determination you feel as a female , or the sensitivity and intuition you experience as a man . |
| 21 | In the UK , and in most European countries , it is difficult to overcome these problems . |
| 22 | The current financial situation facing local education authorities and academic institution makes it particularly difficult to overcome these problems without cooperation . |
| 23 | It was very difficult to get these things but of course erm , it did when you were talking about seventy two thousand pound for each bus . |
| 24 | In practice it is difficult to locate these points , as the foot of the old cliff ( O on Fig. 9.18 ) may be obscured by talus or , more often , modified by erosion , in which case it may have been at A and the former cliff be represented by AH . |
| 25 | At the end of the observation period , it was extremely difficult to loosen these ties , which of course involved a considerable time commitment . |
| 26 | These experiments led to theories about how development was controlled in terms of cell and tissue properties , but it was very difficult to link these theories with gene action . |
| 27 | I find it very difficult to ignore these differences — let alone the teeth , although perhaps the species has different dentition in juveniles and adults as is the case in , for example Chilotilapia rhoadesi . |
| 28 | It was difficult to distinguish these reports from those which were elicited from subjects roused from deeper levels of sleep . |