Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 2 | In the case of the elephant and rhino it is difficult to see what the Fund could have done , other than supply anti-poaching equipment and finance for wardens . |
| 3 | It may turn out that the differences are an artefact of the methods used in different laboratories , but it is difficult to see what the relevant differences may be . |
| 4 | It was increasingly difficult to see what the party line was : the Chief Whip , Lord Edmund Talbot , had summoned Robert Sanders back from war service and after his return in May 1917 he was pressed into the party 's service . |
| 5 | Indeed at times it has seemed difficult to see what the newcomers could do to alleviate the resentments they have occasionally caused . |
| 6 | Well you ca n't create stability , the Communist Party ca n't sort of I mean cos that 's what , sort of hindering long term investments and that how peasants do n't feel that how that things are secure , they and it 's difficult to see what the Communist Party could 've done |
| 7 | But I agree with Stuart , I think what we 've got be careful is that if we 're gon na introduce something , it is actually erm capable of being enforced and it 's very difficult to see us an enforcing agent . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to know what the kids think of all of it — they 're really too young to say . |
| 9 | There must , therefore , be a mental element in the " unlawful act " , though this proposition is not always stated in the cases ( see for example , Newbury , where it is difficult to state what the unlawful act was ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It was n't difficult to remember what the men looked like but it was painful for him to see the faces of the people who killed his brother . ’ |
| 11 | Put like that , again , it is difficult to comprehend what a disaster this is . |
| 12 | AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like . |
| 13 | It is difficult to imagine anything the shape of Stan Flashman as being the tip of an iceberg but that 's exactly what he is . |
| 14 | ‘ Most of the big clubs with three and four goalkeepers find it difficult to give them a regular game . |
| 15 | The project is at its very early stages and it is difficult to predict what the eventual impact will be . |
| 16 | It is difficult to predict what the future holds for LCC . |
| 17 | Where it is not clear whether the FSA authorises the modification of fiduciary duties in relation to a particular rulemaking power , it is difficult to predict what the outcome will be . |
| 18 | Even those who were prepared to join in found it difficult to understand what the camp was trying to achieve . |
| 19 | An election campaign in which the two principal parties find it difficult to believe what the opinion polls are telling them is a rum do . |
| 20 | It may , however , be difficult to determine what the basic imbalance is . |
| 21 | The fact that the disturbing factors may be complex , and that the body tends to limit the symptoms of disease to the physical plane if at all possible , can make it difficult to determine what the basic underlying imbalance is . |
| 22 | Without such models it has been difficult to determine what the properties of these cortical areas should be . |
| 23 | Very often they do not , unlike many natural scientific theories , suggest direct ways of measuring the concepts employed , and , because of this , it is difficult to determine what the limits of a theory might be . |
| 24 | It is difficult to over-estimate what a transformation in the scope and purpose of physical planning this represented , far surpassing anything that had been achieved before . |
| 25 | Because money from the off-farm jobs was put into the farm , it was difficult to ascertain what the trading position of the part-time farm actually was but the figures quoted are considered to be fairly near the mark . |
| 26 | The majority of archaeological finds are broken , damaged or decayed , and it is usually difficult to envisage what a site looked like in its heyday by simply looking at the excavated remains . |
| 27 | Without any data being available on this fish as yet , it is difficult to say what the adult size might be , but it would appear to be about 12cm . |
| 28 | ‘ Since we have n't seen another child exactly like Graham it 's difficult to say what the long-term prognosis might be . |
| 29 | Well it 's very difficult to say what the because presumably the character of the paddock would have changed and the character of the conservation area likewise and it may well be that the use of that site would n't be a paddock . |
| 30 | Although ‘ breach of the peace ’ forms a cornerstone of public order law it is surprisingly difficult to say what the concept entails with any degree of precision . |