Example sentences of "[adv] difficult to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The criterion of land under cultivation is crude , and resists refinement : it is exceedingly difficult to say whether in a particular country in a particular decade or generation the rate of growth was steady ; in some places at some times there may well have been local and temporary declines . |
| 2 | It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against . |
| 3 | It was ridiculous that this should be so difficult to say . |
| 4 | What 's so difficult to say about ‘ private investigator ’ or ‘ Mr Quick ’ or even ‘ pal ’ , ‘ buddy ’ or ‘ sir ’ ? |
| 5 | It is extremely difficult to say in advance whether or not any particular action or series of actions will be regarded as disorderly conduct . |
| 6 | While it is not difficult to say in general terms what the Council did under Henry VII , certain problems about its organization are less easily solved . |
| 7 | Yes ; it is not difficult to say . |
| 8 | My guess is you may not need the hour to complete the er course work but er it 's always difficult to say when you set the thing , yeah ? |
| 9 | The latter version may be more logically correct , but it jars on the ears , and is more difficult to say . |
| 10 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It is considerably more difficult to say . |
| 11 | Yet , if it is difficult to be a vocal composer , it is even more difficult to say what should be done . |
| 12 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 13 | Influenced is more difficult to say . |
| 14 | The broken , Monkish phrases , lean , understated tone with a faint quaver to it , and unerring sense of placement are to be heard on five Monk tunes , and the trumpeter , Don Cherry — a musician of whom it is distinctly difficult to say you know what is coming next — is available on some of them . |
| 15 | It is also difficult to say whether a change at the top would affect the Direction des Musées de France at the heart of the Ministry of Culture . |
| 16 | When it comes to desserts , it is not as difficult to say no the those of Spain and Mexico as it is to those of some other countries . |
| 17 | In such cases it may be often difficult to say whether he is intended to be an arbitrator or to exercise some function other than that of an arbitrator. borderline cases identified above ( 15.7.7 ) , particularly the reference to experts of general disputes ( 6.9 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is n't difficult to say , is it ? |
| 20 | It is even difficult to say that a very rich person could be compensated in money terms ; thus , however heinous the libel , such a person should get not more than a nominal sum and his costs . |
| 21 | Boiled Eggs , skulls & skinheads ( no doubt many more ) but skinhead was the wittiest , most descriptive & most difficult to say without sneering . |
| 22 | One of the things that 's perhaps a little difficult to say with that tape recorder running in the middle of the room , is , that this course offers , operates a sense of code of confidentiality , and I 'm not sure how this is going to work . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Well that they any comment on the appearance of a woman they now think erm it 's rather difficult to say . |
| 25 | This was a technique which made it peculiarly difficult to say when he was working and when he was not . |
| 26 | The idea of individual choice is very much there in Conservative ideology and so it becomes quite difficult to say you can have economic choice but not sexual choice in your private life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It is sometimes quite difficult to say ‘ no ’ to a boy . |
| 28 | yes you would actually get , a magic E right , or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name , so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding |
| 29 | Describing Bell Lawrie as ‘ old friends of ours ’ , Brewin 's managing director , John Hall said yesterday : ‘ We are at the moment in negotiations , but it is pretty difficult to say too much until it is clear where we are going . ’ |
| 30 | It is very difficult to say . |