Example sentences of "have great difficulty " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clear example of this may be seen in the learner driver who grips the steering wheel so tightly with one hand that he has great difficulty in moving the wheel with the other . |
| 2 | Having achieved power in certain situations , the military has great difficulty in maintaining it without the support of other important groups in society . |
| 3 | The patient has great difficulty in being coherent . |
| 4 | Silvio is a very complex and tormented personality , someone who has great difficulty in coming to terms with the demands of life . |
| 5 | The dyslexic person has great difficulty with this . |
| 6 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 7 | But for the opening of two artificial pitches at Feltham School , they would have had great difficulty in finding a home venue in recent seasons . |
| 8 | Several touring sides are having to play each other because there is no Cornish opposition to play , and we 've had great difficulty in finding referees . |
| 9 | If they had served small areas , the CMHTs would have had great difficulty in liaising with the specialist facilities and organizations ( statutory and non-statutory ) which characterize the mental handicap field and which necessarily tend to cover large areas if not regions . |
| 10 | Despite her indulgence of him , she had kept him very much tied to her apron strings and had had great difficulty in relinquishing him to a wife . |
| 11 | Zoologists have had great difficulty in classifying colugos . |
| 12 | Malcolm Goodson of Cyprio explains ‘ We have had great difficulty in satisfying orders for our new model UVC . |
| 13 | Social anthropologists have had great difficulty in giving a clear definition of taboo , because it involves both an element of the sacred , the holy , and of the uncanny , the forbidden , and the dangerous . |
| 14 | ‘ When we visited the Ukraine , we had had great difficulty in explaining what a piper looks and sounds like , ’ said Peter . |
| 15 | However , it is hard to avoid the impression of a team who have not had the best of luck on and off the field , and who have had great difficulty in coping with Indian spinners , hitches , food and umpires . |
| 16 | Grass is not her favourite surface and there were many who thought she would have great difficulty holding off the challenges of Steffi Graf , Martina Navratilova or Gabriela Sabatini . |
| 17 | Clearly , many teachers would have great difficulty with strict compliance because of their own convictions . |
| 18 | NOTE In many Homes , there are very frail residents who will have great difficulty in taking part in any kind of activity . |
| 19 | It was becoming increasingly clear to the Prussians that they would have great difficulty in making their eastern possessions a financial success : the only way to make the eastern marches profitable was to exploit the poor natural resources to the limit and develop industrial capacity . |
| 20 | Those already behind in the preparation and submission of accounts will have great difficulty during the transition period . |
| 21 | The problem is that the Boards would have great difficulty in assessing the standard of a course retrospectively , particularly if it has had no dealings with it previously . |
| 22 | If females are well spaced out then a male would have great difficulty in monopolising more than one at time . |
| 23 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 24 | He did not have great difficulty with Churchill . |
| 25 | The corollary of the theory , of course , is that ads for the cheap , day-to-day , convenience type of product are of so little interest to anybody that they should carry a minimum of information , and that they will even then have great difficulty in achieving any very active response from customers . |
| 26 | Now , say more about that practically , because I mean if you 're depressed , you may feel too depressed to go to a a professional , you may have great difficulty getting there for whatever reason because you 're ashamed as someone mentioned , you 're embarrassed , you do n't want to admit you ca n't cope , which is a syndrome once you get there how do you pluck up the courage to say well actually what your offering me is n't good enough , I 've heard on on television there is something better and I want it ? |
| 27 | The civil service would have great difficulty in recruiting and retaining those with the highest abilities . |
| 28 | I felt at the time , that if such a Call sere presented I should have great difficulty , indeed , in declining it , even in the face of much inconvenience and pecuniary sacrifice . |
| 29 | Economic arguments appeared conclusive : Britain had a special position as banker to the sterling area , and would have great difficulty in adjusting its food production and Commonwealth food imports to Common Market structures . |
| 30 | At the moment , the moratorium that the United States has announced on the development of its tactical air-to-surface missile programme means that we would have great difficulty getting a credible system from the United States if we wanted one . |