Example sentences of "[pron] is difficult [verb] such [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is difficult to dismiss such insights when they come from 81-year-old Drucker , credited with having invented the concept of ‘ management ’ in The End of Economic Man in 1939 . |
2 | It is difficult to characterize such relations as ‘ capitalist ’ , or to regard them as oppressive : most of the rich men of the Zuwaya managed their businesses in this way , getting a good return on money laid out , but creating wealth for poorer fellow tribesmen and a few others in the process . |
3 | ( It is difficult to compare such opinion-sounding with experimentally-derived research results ) . |
4 | It is difficult to reconcile such findings with Ornstein 's claim that intuitive non-logical thinking is a function of the right hemisphere . |
5 | It is difficult to reconcile such references with the tradition of a mild , pacifist saviour . |
6 | It is difficult to accept such guidance because often , in school , we are misled into thinking that fancy writing is good writing . |
7 | Peter Holman 's exemplary notes suggest that Jenkins composed these works in his 20s or 30s , but the quality of the music seem to belie that generally accepted claim : it is difficult to imagine such depth of repose in so young a man — though that in turn gives the modern listener a clue as to why Jenkins was such a respected and well-loved figure in his day . |
8 | Therefore it is difficult to interpret such statistics as those of UNEP ( 1982 ) , as well as others which calculate rates of topsoil loss per km 2 , except perhaps in cases where the rate is extremely high and where there is other evidence of obvious changes in land use . |