Example sentences of "[verb] it difficult [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carers were asked whether they found it difficult to cope with any of the tasks they performed . |
| 2 | Nevertheless writers and reporters found it difficult to graduate beyond sociological observation . |
| 3 | Among the small minority of combatants who found it difficult to adjust to civilian life after the war , who were anti-semitic , militantly anti-communist and concerned about the continued decline of Britain , individuals were almost as likely to be anti-fascist as supporters of fascism . |
| 4 | Regrettably for the Palace , Alan found it difficult to adjust to 2nd and then 3rd Division football , where his undoubted skills were given short shrift by our opponents and , although he always gave of his best , he was equally always a heavily marked man . |
| 5 | She had been treated with drugs , which made her feel worse , and found it difficult to speak at all . |
| 6 | Current budgeting arrangements have made it difficult to plan for systematic upgrading , replacement and improvement . |
| 7 | Even if they had political or ideological grounds for doing so , the heat and publicity of the contest , the expectations of fellow-tribesmen and of the opposing side , and the subsequent social sanctions , would indeed have made it difficult to cross from one end of the pitch to the other in the middle of the ballot . |
| 8 | Feminist psychology also finds it difficult to deal with apparent irrationalities in women 's subjectivity except by pathologizing the women , or seeing them as social victims . |
| 9 | Countries had used subsidies to further the interests of their national companies , and Britain had found it difficult to compete in this arena . |
| 10 | I find it difficult to live with such a regimented approach to the first movement , however . |
| 11 | People who find it difficult to cope with this self-inflicted mental ridicule , particularly the egotistical , opt out , rather than push themselves that little bit nearer to the ultimate truth of the martial arts . |
| 12 | But the people who are running them often do not know of each other 's existence , or if they do , they find it difficult to cooperate with one another . |
| 13 | If you are getting on to a diet which involves being very restricted for choice , and in some cases , missing out meals altogether , you are perfectly normal if you find it difficult to stick to this in the long term . |
| 14 | When talking about brothers and sisters , children can often say who is the tallest or shortest , but find it difficult to distinguish between oldest and youngest . |
| 15 | Many of those attending the doctor 's surgery with physical symptoms , such as headache or diarrhoea , actually have serious emotional , sexual or family problems that they want to discuss with the doctor , but find it difficult to start on such sensitive topics . |
| 16 | On the other hand , faculty heads were worried that a low curriculum development fund would make it difficult to cope with future changes , especially GCSE . |
| 17 | Maddox ( 1980 ) describes how love and anger , ghosts and grandparents , home and food , jealousy and authority can make it difficult to live with other people 's children . |
| 18 | The relatively small proportion ( 5% ) of such theses made it difficult to come to any statistically valid conclusions about the differences in use between Ph D and M Sc theses . |
| 19 | There is , therefore , a longitudinal dimension to the condition that makes it difficult to arrive at hard and fast diagnostic rules . |
| 20 | Conversely they may find it difficult to adapt to poor lighting conditions , and they may be nervous when coming indoors after being in brighter light outside . |
| 21 | Whoever takes over from Gough will find it difficult to step into such influential boots . |
| 22 | in this issue , identify a 1990 decision of the European Commission to permit a co-operation agreement on R&D , production , and marketing of electronic components for satellites , on the grounds that the companies otherwise would find it difficult to compete with non-European suppliers . |