Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] difficult [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The striping may make it difficult for a predator to select one animal out from the others in a tightly packed herd and equally difficult to judge distances between itself , its intended prey and the rest of the herd . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the inclusion of these issues may make it difficult for a dieting lay-reader . |
| 3 | This may make it difficult for the counsellor to know whether , and to what extent , to pursue the issue . |
| 4 | This in turn may make it difficult for the manager to evoke commitment and enthusiasm . |
| 5 | But it is easy to accept Brown and Harris 's cautious suggestion that this same factor may make it difficult for the woman to get treatment . |
| 6 | But anti-whaling nations , including the UK and USA , succeeded in delaying the resumption of whaling until at least next year , by insisting that further work on the formula needed to be undertaken , and by adding various amendments and qualifications which collectively would make it difficult for the plan to operate in practice . |
| 7 | for strength — I fear I shall find it difficult in the heat : |
| 8 | High levels of waste will make it difficult for a river to absorb the quantities involved , reducing its ability to recycle waste , with the result that aquatic life dies and human life is threatened with disease . |
| 9 | High gates and fences at the back of your home will make it difficult for a burglar to get in and slip away unnoticed . |
| 10 | Despite aggressive cost cutting , however , it believes a weak business environment will make it difficult for the company to be profitable this year . |
| 11 | However , other mammals are strongly attracted by them which will make it difficult for the perfume manufacturers , who have extracted and patented human copulins , to market them successfully . |
| 12 | A dreadful pregnancy or birth that produces a healthy baby can make it difficult for a mother to allow her baby to cry even for a few minutes . |
| 13 | Physical activities can also sometimes cause difficulties since restricted visual fields can make it difficult for a child to catch a ball , wield a bat effectively or aim at a goal . |
| 14 | We can make it difficult for the respondent to do this by randomizing the direction of the successive ratings so that ‘ desirable ’ is sometimes on the left and sometimes on the right . |