Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] difficult [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much has been written about Monteverdi 's L'Orfeo that it may be difficult to believe that many of the puzzles can be answered through a study of Renaissance humanistic traditions . |
| 2 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 3 | Certainly , it would be difficult to argue that all the variation in human marriage laws could be explained in terms of their evolutionary benefits . |
| 4 | It would be difficult to argue that this had a major effect on the Chilean economy . |
| 5 | However , it would be difficult to argue that single parents are rebelling against the conventional family form in principle . |
| 6 | Some initiatives may have been initially funded through Urban Programme expenditure : the enveloping of the external fabric of older dwellings and managed workshops ( discussed in Chapter 7 ) were initiated using the Urban Programme , but it would be difficult to argue that these would not have occurred if Urban Programme funds had not been available . |
| 7 | However , influenced by the fact that the deterrence policy is firmly adhered to by the governments of the superpowers and has some political acceptability , and that the traditional doctrine of the laws of war did not apply to preparation for war , his eventual conclusion is that it would be difficult to state that any measures short of use are illegal . |