Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] 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 high cost of rail transport made it difficult to sell fresh fish to the main English market . |
13 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |
14 | The keyboard duet had only recently become a viable medium , since the restricted compass of earlier instruments made it difficult to seat two players at one keyboard . |
15 | But variety made it difficult to maintain consistent quality . |
16 | However , postwar shortages of materials made it difficult to accelerate new building . |
17 | This system made it difficult to provide sufficient cover to care for patients above safety or custodial observation levels . |