Example sentences of "[am/are] difficult [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They are difficult to explain within the laws of electromagnetism . |
2 | However , they are difficult to defend in the context of aid when cultural values are different in donor countries and recipient countries , and when public opinion in the donor countries perceives aid as having a moral justification . |
3 | The historicity of texts might reasonably be thought to produce readings which are difficult to incorporate with the textuality of history . |
4 | ‘ The appeals which Anthony Scrivener ( counsel for Hammersmith ) made to safeguard the interests of the ratepayers are difficult to reconcile with the position actually shown on the accounts . ’ |
5 | Furthermore , with cursive handwriting , words are difficult to segment into the constituent letters . |
6 | The effects of exposure to light are difficult to accelerate in the laboratory . |
7 | We make the problem a finite horizon problem ( eight periods ) since infinite horizon problems are difficult to reproduce in the laboratory and random horizon problems can be misunderstood by subjects ( see Hey and Dardanoni , 1989 ) . |
8 | They are difficult to investigate as the ones carrying out the dealing are obviously not the ones who have access to the inside information . |
9 | But all of these are rather conspicuous by day and are difficult to hide in the way that spotlights can be masked by plants . |