Example sentences of "[verb] it difficult [verb] [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 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 4 | They often found it difficult to resist these demands . |
| 5 | Such LDCs subsequently found it difficult to service external debts and this had grave implications for the world 's financial system . |
| 6 | He still found it difficult to accept that Tess , the pure village maiden , was not what she seemed . |
| 7 | ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But he found it difficult to feel much pity for Yorick . |
| 10 | He found it difficult to have any sympathy for Katherine Lundy in this instance ; this situation was entirely of her own creation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She says he has no concentration now , he finds it difficult to remember simple things . |
| 15 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 16 | The Commission has often brought forward proposals using a dubious legal base , and the Council has found it difficult to halt that practice in the European Court . |
| 17 | Non-executive directors , presumably with appropriate expertise , have also found it difficult to influence corporate policy , even when things are going wrong . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They sometimes find it difficult to see other people 's point of view and to interpret other people 's behaviour . |
| 20 | 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 ; |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Not every older person wants to be in the company of peers , or find it difficult to include younger people among their circle of friends . |
| 24 | The problem with using small group work with young children is that it 's inevitably rather disparate : they will happily play for long periods , but find it difficult to share each other 's work unless there is a powerful dramatic context , as is provided by whole group work , which gives us the chance to really focus the drama . |
| 25 | In particular , traditional descriptive and analytic methods find it difficult to contemplate such phenomena as : ( 1 ) close approximation of phones without merger ; ( 2 ) overlapping allophones ; ( 3 ) flip-flops , and ( 4 ) reversal of merger . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ This will make it difficult to sustain scientific excellence . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The high cost of rail transport made it difficult to sell fresh fish to the main English market . |
| 30 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |