Example sentences of "difficult [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But most buyers shunned difficult or contentious works to seek refuge in the more accessible and socially acceptable : Claude Bernard of Paris , for example , sold all but one of his large , figurative and totally undemanding oil paintings of forests by Nicaraguan artist Armando Morales at prices between FFr500,000 and FFr900,000 . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the realisation of this knowledge has been difficult or impractical owing to several well known factors including ‘ closed ’ systems , immature software standards , and high development or re-development costs . |
| 3 | Be prepared to reflect upon and discuss difficult or controversial points in your reading . |
| 4 | When natural regeneration is difficult or inadequate , it may be supplemented artificially by planting out nursery-raised trees — ‘ enrichment ’ — in gaps , lines or groups . |
| 5 | Had All Souls been lost , the Church authorities would undoubtedly have used it as a precedent for arguing that there were some churches which , however important , were simply too difficult or expensive to save . |
| 6 | Providing garden lighting does n't have to be difficult or expensive , but permanent mains-voltage fittings should be professionally installed . |
| 7 | They provide coverage of the Earth between 82°N and S latitude , providing information about areas to which access on the ground might be difficult or expensive . |
| 8 | Since much of the work at Key Stage 1 will centre on quite recent times , such artefacts will not usually be rare or valuable or difficult or expensive to obtain . |
| 9 | Thus , those which would find the it relatively cheap and straightforward to cut pollution might be able to sell some of their units to producers which would find it difficult or expensive to do so . |
| 10 | Specialist , unduly difficult or dangerous tasks may require skills not readily available in-house . |
| 11 | Such ways and means may be resorted to because the real thing is unavailable , or too expensive , difficult or dangerous . |
| 12 | If you want , you can specify that the pose should be frightening , funny , difficult or amazing . |
| 13 | Solicitors therefore take counsel 's opinion on difficult or technical questions of law or procedure . |
| 14 | If the words used are unusual , difficult or technical , find out from a dictionary or your teacher , what they mean . |
| 15 | Planning was often difficult or impossible and the need for home care was less . |
| 16 | A more important reason not to experiment is to avoid the possibility of getting the glider into an untested mode of spin from which it might be difficult or impossible to recover . |
| 17 | The conditions described in ( 3 ) are sometimes fairly easy to control ( for example , the amount of noise and environmental temperature ) , but there are other conditions ( traffic density or natural lighting , for example ) where this can be more difficult or impossible . |
| 18 | That is , it is sometimes found that when there is a part of a person 's life which is difficult or impossible to control , he or she will channel the need to exercise control onto some other aspect of behaviour such as food intake . |
| 19 | You will be faced here with a great temptation to set goals for fast weight loss that will prove difficult or impossible for you to achieve . |
| 20 | the off-farm job made it difficult or impossible to get time away ; |
| 21 | clean-up can be done in areas where excavation is difficult or impossible ; |
| 22 | In such cases the precipitates can block the interstices between the soil particles , making transfer of microorganisms , nutrients , or water through the contaminated site difficult or impossible . |
| 23 | But though they are not physical in their nature , and though it is difficult or impossible to conceive that they are physical in their origin , they are , for Darwin and his followers , factors in the evolutionary process in its physical or organic aspect . |
| 24 | With all this it is rather slow to grow and frequently when the culture plate is examined for evidence of gonococcal growth it will be found to be overgrown by other bacteria or yeasts , making it difficult or impossible to identify the gonococcus . |
| 25 | But often this is difficult or impossible for financial or other practical reasons . |
| 26 | You may have physical limitations yourself which would make lifting and other care of a disabled person difficult or impossible . |
| 27 | Thorough cooking of these foods is very difficult or impossible unless they are thawed before cooking begins . |
| 28 | People in wheelchairs may find the tour difficult or impossible , depending on the site , but would still be able to enjoy the day . |
| 29 | In addition , the did not have available , when making an initial offer to shareholders , the facility or legal means of making a contested offer in those countries where national secrecy laws on corporate disclosure requirements make it difficult or impossible for predator companies to ascertain adequate financial information on would-be target companies . |
| 30 | A mistake spotted now can be rectified on the polyester film , but once you have committed your design to the board , it could be difficult or impossible to effect any corrections . |