Example sentences of "[be] difficult [to-vb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For similar reasons it will be difficult to argue that action taken by the exchange in good faith in the interests of the exchange as a whole is intended to induce a breach of contract , merely because this is an incidental side-effect . |
| 2 | With such a powerful presence , it would be difficult to argue that advertising revenue , and therefore advertisers , do not play an important role in deciding the future success of a particular medium . |
| 3 | An expert 's instructions will often be to reach a final decision , and it should usually not be difficult to imply that obligation . |
| 4 | He recalled also that the company had won awards for quality and production but added : ‘ It will be difficult to portray that image when there are several hundred people at the factory gate shouting abuse at prospective customers . ’ |
| 5 | So it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 6 | It 's difficult , though , because if you talk to adolescent boys in schools they are violently opposed to women 's liberation , or they hate the name women 's liberation , because they are very defensive perhaps about their own masculinity at that age , and their own masculinity is defined very much in terms of being superior to girls and having mums who wait on them at home , so it 's difficult to challenge that kind of supposition at that age . |
| 7 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 8 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 9 | The General Strike in no way deflected it from that course and it is difficult to see that event as an historical watershed in the evolution of trade union policies and attitudes . |
| 10 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 11 | Similarly , it is difficult to accept that hostility towards the Woodvilles from the rest of the political community was a major issue at the time of Edward 's death . |
| 12 | ‘ You learn quickly that to show your feelings — whether anger , fear or sadness — leaves you open to ridicule and it is difficult to shake that habit in later life . |
| 13 | It is difficult to understand that distinction . |
| 14 | It was difficult to sleep that night , not only because the floor was hard , but because we could n't escape the worry of what the future had in store for us . |