Example sentences of "[verb] it difficult [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three main reasons were given for the apparent lack of enthusiasm : board members found it difficult to spare additional time for this form of training ; they were doubtful of the ability of outside trainers to provide training in tune with local needs ; attempts by some education authorities to retain part of the training budget in order to supply such area sessions were seen by some members as demonstrating a lack of trust in the board 's ability to organise its own training . |
| 2 | Many found it difficult to give accurate figures as the livestock year dictated two very definite peak work periods . |
| 3 | Such LDCs subsequently found it difficult to service external debts and this had grave implications for the world 's financial system . |
| 4 | ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands . |
| 5 | The Sutton pupils quickly noticed that Russells Hall pupils , whom they had imagined would be perfect writers and illustrators , sought help from the teachers and each other and often found it difficult to locate required information . |
| 6 | Even at the height of its propagandist messages , the Staufen chancery found it difficult to counteract papal arguments , for they were conducted on a supernal plane . |
| 7 | The twelve-hour shift pattern was also an obstacle to change in that it would have made it difficult to recruit new staff for hospital development . |
| 8 | It is difficult for them to be drawn accurately and the human eye finds it difficult to detect small differences — in our example the slices representing 12% and 13% of the total . |
| 9 | She says he has no concentration now , he finds it difficult to remember simple things . |
| 10 | Non-executive directors , presumably with appropriate expertise , have also found it difficult to influence corporate policy , even when things are going wrong . |
| 11 | Management have consequently found it difficult to process new working practices and productivity measures through the machinery , while it in turn has sometimes delayed items to postpone their reaching the arbitration stage at the RSNT . |
| 12 | They sometimes find it difficult to see other people 's point of view and to interpret other people 's behaviour . |
| 13 | Different sections or departments may seek authority over the same territory of operations , and superiors find it difficult to delegate sufficient authority to satisfy subordinates ; |
| 14 | If you find it difficult to strip outer insulation and cut flex when changing a plug , try Strip & Fit — an all-in-one screwdriver and cutter . |
| 15 | This means in turn that lawyers trained in the civil law tradition find it difficult to characterise certain features of common law pre-trial procedures . |
| 16 | There are of course also limitations in current screen and power source technology which would make it difficult to display high resolution colour images of any complexity . |
| 17 | ‘ This will make it difficult to sustain scientific excellence . ’ |
| 18 | Although ANTA 's new location can make it difficult to get raw materials in and finished product out , the Stewarts are convinced the move north was a good one geographically . |
| 19 | The high cost of rail transport made it difficult to sell fresh fish to the main English market . |
| 20 | But variety made it difficult to maintain consistent quality . |
| 21 | However , postwar shortages of materials made it difficult to accelerate new building . |
| 22 | This system made it difficult to provide sufficient cover to care for patients above safety or custodial observation levels . |
| 23 | At Ruskington the inadequacies of the data make it difficult to draw firm conclusions , although there appears to be a smaller proportion of graves with amber than at Sleaford . |
| 24 | Such practical failures make it difficult to sustain economic solidarity , political unity or cultural-ideological sympathy . |
| 25 | There is no shortage of theorizing , of course , but the complexity of human society , the intangibility of cause and effect , make it difficult to test major theories in rigorous conditions or to overturn a consensus view once one has become established . |
| 26 | The technique has enabled spectra to be obtained from the metallic cores of some important biological molecules such as hemoglobin and some enzymes , where the low concentration of the metal and the low solubility of the substance itself make it difficult to study vibrational spectra in any other way . |
| 27 | In some areas , ignorance and taboos make it difficult to introduce new customs . |
| 28 | First , those items which make it difficult to recognise specific abilities in a child will be of less value than those which provide descriptions that can easily be applied . |
| 29 | Measures of quality and outcome barely exist , making it difficult to make good judgements about the ‘ best buy ’ . |
| 30 | He was finding it difficult to change old methods of treatment at Claybury 's . |