Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of policies of that period like Samuel Brittan have suggested that chancellors found it difficult to time their uses of the economic ‘ brake ’ or ‘ accelerator ’ properly , and that the ‘ stop-go ’ pattern that emerged provided a poor economic environment for investment decisions , and thus inhibited British growth . |
| 2 | ‘ The results were optimistic , in fact so optimistic that people found it difficult to accept . |
| 3 | Although Gascoigne found it difficult to escape the attentions of Walter Bonacina until he produced his headed goal four minutes from the end , he did not lose his temper . |
| 4 | The main criticism levelled here was that users found it difficult to come off while still living in an environment ‘ full of junkies ’ . |
| 5 | Poor Annie was not to know that Hilary found it difficult to understand her broad moorland dialect . |
| 6 | Whether Crawford liked it or not , critics and audiences found it difficult to watch this new character without Frank Spencer and his other previous creations in the back of their minds . |
| 7 | Ford et al ( 1986 ) carried out a study in a psychiatric setting in the USA arising from their concern that many confused elderly people , particularly those in advanced stages of Alzheimer 's disease , did not respond to verbal communication and staff found it difficult to understand their attempts at communicating . |
| 8 | Nevertheless writers and reporters found it difficult to graduate beyond sociological observation . |
| 9 | Some unions , most notably the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , were reluctant to invest the General Council with the power to call all unions out on sympathetic strike action and unemployment made it difficult for it to fight against wage reductions . |
| 10 | But variety made it difficult to maintain consistent quality . |
| 11 | She was a talented pianist , but Mozart found it difficult not to show repulsion at his fat , perspiring , scantily clad pupil . |
| 12 | But Eric found it difficult to work . |
| 13 | The dogs ' descendants were still with him , though rheumatism made it difficult for him to go scrambling over the fields at night with the powerful torch to blind the rabbits . |