Example sentences of "it difficult [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For not only are they bad for women — who find it difficult to be canonized unless they are nuns , queens or martyrs — but equally they form another monolith .
2 Vic 's easy manner made it difficult to be annoyed for long .
3 I realise that there are many young Asian women living in Britain today who might find it difficult to be different from their friends at school .
4 He followed his robots ( two children as robot nurses ) around , whispering instructions to them and occasionally taking over and doing the tasks for them as he found it difficult to be precise in his instructions .
5 Mould found it difficult to be so quiet .
6 But again I found it difficult to be rude .
7 The user finds it difficult to narrow down his or her search .
8 ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ .
9 ‘ I knew all about calories , but I really enjoyed food and found it difficult to lost weight !
10 Is it difficult to be original at this present point in pop history ?
11 It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer .
12 Therefore , we find it difficult to ‘ line up ’ behind a common cause .
13 Critics of policies of that period like Samuel Brittan have suggested that chancellors found it difficult to time their uses of the economic ‘ brake ’ or ‘ accelerator ’ properly , and that the ‘ stop-go ’ pattern that emerged provided a poor economic environment for investment decisions , and thus inhibited British growth .
14 Governments , rightly , find it difficult to be overtly discriminatory , or to specialise in idiosyncratic ways .
15 Further , a family member may find it difficult to " let go " of the primary sufferer while he or she is in treatment and may still want to find out everything that goes on in a treatment centre on a day-to-day basis and there by continue to " fix " by proxy .
16 ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said loudly before he left , and Alyssia shook her head in frustration , finding it difficult to be angry , even though he had blackened her yet more in Piers 's eyes .
17 I just find it difficult to be interested in clothes or how I look .
18 FAXgrabber finds it difficult to ‘ read ’ material unless it is in high or fine resolution .
19 Her breathing had returned to normal and the terror that had seized her when fitzAlan had turned those savage ice-blue eyes on her had receded somewhat , but her limbs still felt shaky and she found it difficult to properly comprehend what Ralf had said .
20 And indeed I would submit that Leeds would find it difficult to actually accommodate the migration assumption which is w would be implied by sticking to the revised plan , mid-year estimate figure .
21 can I suggest and I du n no , it might not work we have a lot of children who find it difficult to wo to work at home could we hold a detention in the resource centre for the hour so if other children want to use it , I do n't know , is it open after school ?
22 ‘ But I had reached the stage where I found it difficult to be motivated for run-of-the-mill games .
23 Any longer makes it difficult to easily adjust to market conditions .
24 It is possible that you might find it difficult at first to make time for exercise .
25 She says , ‘ I found it difficult at first having to relinquish the coaching responsibilities , but it was great working with Rob .
26 Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music .
27 Julius needs to maintain a certain lifestyle , and you might find it difficult at first to cope with the demands he 'll make on you . ’
28 As a mature student I found it difficult at first to work on my own or in groups but now that the course is settling down , I feel that I will be able to tackle most tasks in business because we have had to learn to look for information and assimilate it so that we make it work for us .
29 Did you find it difficult at the beginning , I mean to kill , kill the animals and cut
30 I find it difficult with × 7 , fairly easy with × 8.5 and very easy with any higher magnification .
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