Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that , let alone write a scientific paper . |
| 2 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 3 | you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ? |
| 4 | According to rumours circulating in Würzburg , Party representatives in Nuremberg were finding it difficult to carry out their functions following the recent raids on the city . |
| 5 | This is perhaps unfortunate , because it throws more of a burden onto plausibility checking ( and makes evaluations such as Walker 's rather more difficult to carry out ) . |
| 6 | In many cases it is extremely difficult to carry out tests under truly controlled conditions , because the external conditions are changing throughout the time period in question . |
| 7 | The steep hillsides made it more difficult to hide and transport cattle , and after the establishment of coffee plantations and gardens in the 1840s the crime must have become more difficult to carry out profitably . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly , some of the missing studies would prove very difficult to carry out . |
| 9 | This will be difficult to carry out on barnacles , but comparatively easy for mussels , limpets or other snails . |
| 10 | As political conditions in China became increasingly chaotic in the decade after World War I Aglen found his responsibilities becoming not only more onerous , but also more difficult to carry out without coming into conflict with one or other of the Chinese factions making demands upon him as custodian of revenues of which he was in sole charge . |
| 11 | As a result the Keynesian approach to policy-setting may be difficult to carry out successfully . |
| 12 | After the first 20 per cent of the project , revisions become difficult to carry out if done manually or expensive if computerized , for major projects . |
| 13 | After the first 20 per cent of the project , revisions become difficult to carry out if done manually or expensive if computerized , for major projects . |
| 14 | In R v Plymouth Juvenile Court , ex pF and F [ 1987 ] 1 FLR 169 , a case decided under the old law , the court recognised that a solicitor would find it difficult to carry out the necessary close investigation of the facts without the aid of a guardian ad litem . |
| 15 | Cashman shouted , ignoring Matt 's hand , walking across the room to lean on the desk as though he was finding it difficult to remain upright without support . |
| 16 | If you allow bad habits during practice , they will be difficult to lose later . |
| 17 | She was finding it increasingly difficult to sit here , in his home , trying to cope with the spectrum of emotions that chased pell-mell through her from one moment to the next , and at the same time evince a polite interest in Richard 's remarks . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is difficult to compare directly these various studies as there are appreciable differences in the range of cholesterol values found , age and ethnic origins of the patients , methodology , and the case distribution of the populations studied . |
| 19 | Although there have been several biochemical investigations of cytochrome P450 and glutathione S-transferase in human colonic carcinomas , it is difficult to compare directly biochemical and immunohistochemical studies of enzymes , and both approaches have advantages and limitations . |
| 20 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 21 | ‘ Each operation is difficult to go through , but I 'm a strong person , ’ she says . |
| 22 | South African captain Kepler Wessels 's verdict on his side 's 107-run defeat was that it was difficult to go straight into an international match without a warm-up game . |
| 23 | The trouble is , wrote Harsnet , that if you start with this insight it is difficult to go on and then the energies , the needs and desires , turn inward and eat you up . |
| 24 | It is difficult to go back to live with your parents , as one interviewee put it ‘ after having a home of your own and being a reasonably free agent ’ ( Burgoyne and Clark , 1984 , pp. 80–1 ) . |
| 25 | It would be difficult to go back and admit this . |
| 26 | Indeed , in retrospect , it is difficult to see just why the young Morrissey was drawn towards the New York Dolls school of hammy glitter at all . |
| 27 | It is not difficult to see where the term ‘ Milky Way ’ had its origin . |
| 28 | ‘ The firms represent one particular viewpoint and until we 've considered the argument on both sides , it will be difficult to see where the balance lies , ’ Simon Peerless of the ASB told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 29 | Which left him wondering why Alexei had agreed to the proposal at all — for if he knew or even suspected that there was to be no marriage , it was difficult to see where he perceived his advantage to lie . |
| 30 | In writing , given the existence of punctuation and capitalisation , it is usually not too difficult to see where a sentence comes to an end . |