Example sentences of "it [is] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to evaluate how successful such co-ops are but many do seem to gain work on a fairly reasonable basis for their members , and they are certainly worth considering . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , I expect it 's difficult to manage without harming them . ’ |
| 3 | As a rule it 's difficult to suffocate people , even if they 're sleeping . ’ |
| 4 | It 's difficult to tell when someone is using drugs only occasionally — unless they are caught in the act , or when intoxicated like being drunk . |
| 5 | Sleep is the only cure for such turbulence , but it 's difficult to achieve , and Mick was hardly rested by the time it was his turn to lead in the dampness of the new morning . |
| 6 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and that it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( make sure good locks are fitted as standard by the manufacturer and frames are strengthened ) . |
| 7 | It 's difficult to avoid making his suicide sound too purposeful . |
| 8 | Nor , unfading in our mind 's eye , will this hanger-on and fantasist and self-dramatizer ever do anything , though it 's difficult to say so without a chilling , denaturing hint of analytics . |
| 9 | Neil Kinnock , who will make his keynote speech today , said last night : ‘ It 's difficult for people who have held an opinion for a long time , and possibly have n't considered all of the aspects . |
| 10 | If the match is n't played on the Friday night then it 's difficult to see when it could be scheduled . ’ |
| 11 | It 's difficult to get matches under your belt when you 're like that . |
| 12 | AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like . |
| 13 | At the moment it 's difficult to tell the difference between beef , mutton or pig . |
| 14 | But sometimes it 's difficult to sort out which causes are the most deserving of support . |
| 15 | In some ways I might as well have been in the Outer Hebrides , Now everyone 's got a car it 's difficult to explain how isolated somewhere like Kensal Green used to be in those days . |
| 16 | It 's difficult to say . |
| 17 | The trouble about starting a very small business is that it 's difficult to do things of any great originality , because you do n't have the buying power or maybe the manufacturing base to really get the thing off the ground . |
| 18 | It 's difficult to be an entrepreneur , I believe , by simply following a well-trodden path . |
| 19 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 20 | It 's difficult to know who 's the bigger dreamer , Franco Sbarro or Willy Koenig , who is convinced he 'll find 30 buyers for his 236mph , £700,000 C62 Porsche-engined , Porsche 926 race-car clone . |
| 21 | The 26-valve GTi pales into insignificance against this car and it 's difficult to see how the three-door Rallye road car could convincingly better this Golf stablemate . |
| 22 | I turn the other way , but it 's difficult to see in the mirror cos the corner 's been broke off . |
| 23 | I think real hard , but it 's difficult to concentrate . |
| 24 | It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially . |
| 25 | It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially . |
| 26 | It 's difficult enough to manage for yourself when you first leave home , but if you 've spent your childhood in an institution , you probably do n't even know how to change a light bulb , let alone keep a rent book . |
| 27 | We plumped for crimson and pinks with black , white and silver , and remember that it 's difficult for anyone to avoid using green ! |
| 28 | ‘ It 's difficult . |
| 29 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
| 30 | It 's the busiest station in the world and once you 've been here it 's difficult to leave . ’ |