Example sentences of "difficult [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Strike in no way deflected it from that course and it is difficult to see that event as an historical watershed in the evolution of trade union policies and attitudes . |
| 2 | Making predictions about the effects of new stressors is particularly difficult given that combinations of stressors may actually counteract each other rather than being additive in their effects ( Hockey , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | He still found it difficult to accept that Tess , the pure village maiden , was not what she seemed . |
| 4 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 5 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You learn quickly that to show your feelings — whether anger , fear or sadness — leaves you open to ridicule and it is difficult to shake that habit in later life . |
| 8 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 9 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 10 | The Commission has often brought forward proposals using a dubious legal base , and the Council has found it difficult to halt that practice in the European Court . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's very difficult to replace that sort of quality , particularly by clubs who do n't spend a great deal of money . |
| 12 | Dan could hum what he wanted but it 's very difficult to play that sort of thing . ’ |
| 13 | So it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 14 | It 's difficult , though , because if you talk to adolescent boys in schools they are violently opposed to women 's liberation , or they hate the name women 's liberation , because they are very defensive perhaps about their own masculinity at that age , and their own masculinity is defined very much in terms of being superior to girls and having mums who wait on them at home , so it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 15 | It was difficult to sleep that night , not only because the floor was hard , but because we could n't escape the worry of what the future had in store for us . |
| 16 | I think it would be very difficult to do that sort of thing . |
| 17 | It is difficult to understand that distinction . |
| 18 | For similar reasons it will be difficult to argue that action taken by the exchange in good faith in the interests of the exchange as a whole is intended to induce a breach of contract , merely because this is an incidental side-effect . |
| 19 | With such a powerful presence , it would be difficult to argue that advertising revenue , and therefore advertisers , do not play an important role in deciding the future success of a particular medium . |
| 20 | ‘ Students are finding it increasingly difficult to get that experience . |
| 21 | And , and I suspect that 'll be jolly difficult to get that sort of thing done these days . |
| 22 | It s very difficult to beat that sort of golf . |
| 23 | He recalled also that the company had won awards for quality and production but added : ‘ It will be difficult to portray that image when there are several hundred people at the factory gate shouting abuse at prospective customers . ’ |
| 24 | Because of that prominence , it proved difficult to develop that element of compromise and bargaining which would have been essential for integrative success . |
| 25 | But the scale of the buy-outs might make it more difficult to maintain that position . |
| 26 | I agree that many applications come in the holiday period and that that makes it difficult to maintain that average . |
| 27 | That 's not an easy task of the wind makes it difficult to maintain that balance . |
| 28 | An expert 's instructions will often be to reach a final decision , and it should usually not be difficult to imply that obligation . |
| 29 | I find it a little difficult to take that kind of question from an hon. Gentleman who said that we ought to eat New Zealand apples and refuse to eat British sausages . |
| 30 | It is when there are two diners present , even when one of them is one 's own employer , that one finds it most difficult to achieve that balance between attentiveness and the illusion of absence that is essential to good waiting ; it is in this situation that one is rarely free of the suspicion that one 's presence is inhibiting the conversation . |