Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swans are playing some outstanding rugby these days and , although they were given a hard time of it against Dunvant in the last round , it is always difficult to combat gritty opponents who feel they have nothing to lose . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When petrological thin-sectioning ( see glossary ) is carried out , many separate items of data may be collected from each artefact studied , making it difficult to see those groupings of artefacts that have features in common . |
| 4 | I do not believe that a contract which clarifies hours worked or tasks to be done will prevent teachers from caring , but it may make it rather more difficult to implement school-based initiatives . |
| 5 | The experience of rehabilitation centres is that people who come to them having been conscientiously cheerful since the day of their loss , who have never wept or allowed themselves to enter fully into the pain of their loss , find it much more difficult to acquire new skills . |
| 6 | Intervention by the library committee has prevented the sales for the time being but it will be difficult to monitor such activities in the long term . |
| 7 | The notion seems a useful one , though it is difficult to confirm these settings scientifically . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One reason for this lack of information is that it has been difficult to obtain pure enzymes that are sufficiently active under in vitro conditions . |
| 10 | It is difficult to obtain accurate figures from the wilder , more snake-ridden parts of the world , such as Africa , Asia and South America , but an attempt at a global survey carried out in the 1950s gave a total world figure of thirty thousand deaths annually from all forms of snakebite . |
| 11 | Despite , or perhaps because of , the large amount of information available it can be difficult to obtain key details which we need . |
| 12 | However , where there are small numbers of members of a particular Anonymous Fellowships it may be difficult to obtain sufficient numbers to get the maximum benefit from the group process . |
| 13 | It is difficult to obtain precise figures of private sector investment in the inner cities , but there may be reasons to doubt industry 's willingness to commit billions of pounds to inner city developments . |
| 14 | Also , the spring-line units are becoming difficult to obtain these days . |
| 15 | If s and f are both on a strong upward ( or downward ) trend , it may be difficult to obtain true estimates of the parameters α and β . |
| 16 | Lone-parent families are not a homogeneous group and it is difficult to obtain reliable estimates of the numbers of families and children involved . |
| 17 | It seems difficult to write behavioural objectives for this domain alone , as affective functioning is always interwoven with cognitive functioning . |
| 18 | It is very difficult to provide identical conditions for the measurement of six different forms of instruction , therefore it is not entirely surprising to see that Baldwin and Rudolph found , in contrast to Kuo 's results , when comparing a tape/slide show and a library tour , that the former was not necessarily superior as a method of instruction . |
| 19 | Also it is more difficult to provide interactive services because the trunk lines become cluttered with return signals from each branch . |
| 20 | In practice most research and development is carried out in high-tax jurisdictions because it is difficult to attract skilled employees to tax haven locations , and in order to take advantage of local tax deductions . |
| 21 | That salary was more than ever a disincentive : it seemed difficult to attract experienced candidates . |
| 22 | In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising . |
| 23 | It may be difficult to age wild animals , but not so temperate trees , because annually they produce growth rings . |
| 24 | Of late , stand-alone evaluation boards have fallen out of favour , mainly for two reasons ; many evaluation boards use difficult to standardise RS-232 links , and the boards require a power supply with +-12V for the RS-232 link and another 5V for the power rail . |
| 25 | It 's always difficult to trust old enemies . |
| 26 | ‘ As it became more difficult to find suitable premises for classes , Kay Evans advised us to become a national Society under the umbrella of the Central Council of Physical Recreation . |
| 27 | MAS will advise you if they consider that your requirements might at an early stage unnecessarily make it more difficult to find suitable targets . |
| 28 | Besides , after winning such a good race as he did at Cheltenham last season when beating Beau Ranger , it is very difficult to find suitable opportunities . ’ |
| 29 | Some children are deprived of so few of the ‘ goodies ’ in life that it is very difficult to find effective reinforcers — very little is rewarding . |
| 30 | It is not that it has a design stamped on it , since once again it is not difficult to find other examples of metalwork decorated in a similar way . |