Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is difficult [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically these are pure public goods which can jointly benefit many people and where it is difficult to exclude people from the benefits . |
| 2 | And we have to acknowledge that , although it is difficult to flip planets over , there is good evidence that similar things have happened in the past among the outer planets of the Solar System . |
| 3 | With these processes , our edge processes and the technique of conjugation , one can actually solve all four of our basic subproblems independently of the others and it is possible to do them in any order , although it is difficult to orient pieces that are not yet in their correct position . |
| 4 | This may offer some protection , although it is difficult to disinfect plastic and is no substitute for sterile works . |
| 5 | Although it is difficult to get hold of , Lambert and Larcker ( 1985 ) is a useful source on executive compensation . |
| 6 | Hence the optimists believe that it is difficult to visualise circumstances better suited to a successful devaluation than the ones currently offered . |
| 7 | Although the method has drawbacks , particularly that it is difficult to eliminate duplications from the results , it has the merits of being simple , and giving reasonably consistent results with a number of observers and being readily repeated . |
| 8 | Some of his well-wishers have pointed out that it is difficult to use relations as general as these to provide more than schematic explanations , and have attempted to define them more precisely . |
| 9 | It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries . |
| 10 | He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them . |
| 11 | I recognise that it is difficult to balance interests . |
| 12 | Well , if a thesis that it is difficult to make sense of allows a conclusion that is repugnant , then the rational course would seem to be to take this as another reason for distrusting the thesis : not as a reason for admitting the repugnant conclusion . |
| 13 | The very fact that it is difficult to find reasons either for including it or for excluding it tells us something about the peculiarly arbitrary process involved in categorizing policies as ‘ social ’ . |
| 14 | The trade in plutonium between Britain and the US has shown that two countries that proclaim their peaceful intentions as loudly as any are not beyond suspicion and that it is difficult to believe assurances that nuclear power stations have no weapons connection . |
| 15 | It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on . |
| 16 | It should be noted , however , that there were several branches of the Leapor family in Brackley , and that the same Christian names were repeated over generations or within the same generation to such an extent that it is difficult to separate families , or even to identify individuals . |
| 17 | Wulfhere 's reign is primarily distinguished in the surviving record , however , by his re-establishment of the Mercians as a significant political and military force in southern England and it is difficult to envisage Oswiu , king of the northern Angles , maintaining after c . |
| 18 | It is not easy to give a friend a ride in a wheelbarrow , because of the problems of balance , and it is difficult to carry sand and soil on a trolley with low or slatted sides . |
| 19 | Energy efficiency drives became popular following the oil price rises in the 1970s , and more recently in 1990 , but energy efficiency is a rather dull topic and it is difficult to sustain interest . |
| 20 | Secondly , as previously discussed ( p. 40 ) , self-poisoning is often impulsive , and it is difficult to devise ways of combating this impulsivity . |
| 21 | Radio and TV waves are public goods in that the reception of signals is non-rivalrous and it is difficult to exclude consumers once they have reception equipment . |
| 22 | If it is difficult to change habits like smoking or drinking , despite the best of intentions , then the switch to nut steaks and vegetable lasagne might be just as painful , and for those forced to it because of the unavailability of meat it would also be deeply resented . |
| 23 | But it is difficult to draw sound conclusions from it , because ‘ problem families ’ need to be studied alongside ‘ normal families ’ and ‘ successful families ’ if we are to understand how they differ . |
| 24 | But it is difficult to imagine America 's corporate leaders advocating a crackdown on executive wining-and-dining , even for the Japanese . |
| 25 | ‘ There are many good bands in Africa ; they all want to come abroad but it is difficult to get visas and many promoters are only interested in doing just one tour . |
| 26 | There can be no real intimacy without risk , but it is difficult to establish trust without risk to demonstrate it . |
| 27 | Because it is difficult to incorporate contingencies of this kind contracts will inevitably be incomplete specifications of the rights and obligations of the contracting parties . |
| 28 | It is ineffective to mix strategic issues with tactical or operational ones on an agenda because it is difficult to change focus . |
| 29 | Inevitably the analysis is relatively crude since it is difficult to gather data about the financial circumstances of dementia sufferers or about the total amount of care provided for them in the community . |
| 30 | The Italian market ( Tuscany is the most popular region ) is much quieter , as it is difficult to obtain permission to build new properties or to alter old ones . |