Example sentences of "[vb past] it difficult [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Many found it difficult to give accurate figures as the livestock year dictated two very definite peak work periods .
2 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 .
3 They often found it difficult to resist these demands .
4 Such LDCs subsequently found it difficult to service external debts and this had grave implications for the world 's financial system .
5 ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands .
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 These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales .
8 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 .
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