Example sentences of "[pron] difficult for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High levels of waste will make it difficult for a river to absorb the quantities involved , reducing its ability to recycle waste , with the result that aquatic life dies and human life is threatened with disease . |
| 2 | disturbing the surface of the pond , making it difficult for a bird or cat to spot the fish |
| 3 | High gates and fences at the back of your home will make it difficult for a burglar to get in and slip away unnoticed . |
| 4 | Physical activities can also sometimes cause difficulties since restricted visual fields can make it difficult for a child to catch a ball , wield a bat effectively or aim at a goal . |
| 5 | Such variations not only confuse users about the forms of headings , but also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded to retain consistency of approach . |
| 6 | The striping may make it difficult for a predator to select one animal out from the others in a tightly packed herd and equally difficult to judge distances between itself , its intended prey and the rest of the herd . |
| 7 | This makes it difficult for a murder to go unrecognised and discourages those planning murders . |
| 8 | In fact , benefits are so low as to make it difficult for a woman and her children to live on them , which puts pressure on her to find another male supporter . |
| 9 | Also the cohabitation ruling makes it difficult for a woman who is on supplementary benefit to have a relationship with a man without becoming financially dependent upon him , since her benefit will be stopped if they are deemed to be cohabiting . |
| 10 | The closely-knit corps of torturers made it difficult for a torturer to give up his job . |
| 11 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 12 | But from his impassive , narrow-eyed face it was impossible to gauge his thoughts ; like many Annamese he had the kind of boyish appearance that made it difficult for an American to estimate his age . |
| 13 | But anti-whaling nations , including the UK and USA , succeeded in delaying the resumption of whaling until at least next year , by insisting that further work on the formula needed to be undertaken , and by adding various amendments and qualifications which collectively would make it difficult for the plan to operate in practice . |
| 14 | We can make it difficult for the respondent to do this by randomizing the direction of the successive ratings so that ‘ desirable ’ is sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right . |
| 15 | This will give you a head start and make it difficult for the driver to follow . |
| 16 | The continued flood of repossessed properties on to the market is depressing prices , which in turn is making it difficult for the building societies and other lenders to take the normal escape route for those who are unable to keep up their payments — the sale of the house . |
| 17 | The hips turn further , too — and this hip turn makes it difficult for the beginner to keep his balance . |
| 18 | Despite aggressive cost cutting , however , it believes a weak business environment will make it difficult for the company to be profitable this year . |
| 19 | So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out . |
| 20 | Scotland opened promisingly but Benoit Bellot 's downwind , downfield punting made it difficult for the home side to sustain pressure . |
| 21 | However , other mammals are strongly attracted by them which will make it difficult for the perfume manufacturers , who have extracted and patented human copulins , to market them successfully . |
| 22 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 23 | This is not only expressed through direct welfare , housing and educational provision to families which helps to ensure an adequate supply of suitable labour , but also in the reproduction of wider ideologies of popular consent which make it difficult for the rule to see the possibility of any other form of economic and political organization . |
| 24 | This in turn may make it difficult for the manager to evoke commitment and enthusiasm . |
| 25 | Their presence makes it difficult for the roof void to be used in the same way as traditional roofs , and there is often a temptation to remove some of them to gain extra space . |
| 26 | This may make it difficult for the counsellor to know whether , and to what extent , to pursue the issue . |
| 27 | If we 'll only buy highly coloured food , we make it difficult for the industry to eliminate the additives which provide them . |
| 28 | But it is easy to accept Brown and Harris 's cautious suggestion that this same factor may make it difficult for the woman to get treatment . |
| 29 | erm failed to pay up it erm , there were all sorts of circumstances which erm made it difficult for the student or difficult for the student or there were certain students of course who just erm tried to avoid paying altogether |
| 30 | If the teeth are allowed to become sharp , the cheek then becomes bruised and cut , causing pain thus making it difficult for the horse to chew properly . |