Example sentences of "it is difficult to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to say that such a vast group of people has special needs , and indeed many older people may prefer not to be separated out from the rest of the adult population . |
| 2 | One Kufran shopkeeper stocked as many blank as recorded cassettes in the period before Western recordings became scarce , but it is difficult to say with certainty that his practice reflected sound commercial sense . |
| 3 | It is difficult to say what will happen . |
| 4 | On close examination of the latter 's findings , in fact , it is difficult to say on what precise evidence they base their view , that ‘ this question of [ specialist-generic ] labour division ’ ( p. 215 ) is without either impact or ( by implication ) interest . |
| 5 | However , it is difficult to say that it is a rational approach . |
| 6 | The 5 speed Rover gearbox tends to chatter when running light , but without hearing yours it is difficult to say if it is louder than normal . |
| 7 | He argued that scientists have shown that even in some metals there is a vestige of the spark of life , and there are some metals of which it is difficult to say whether they are alive or not . |
| 8 | Identity and participation in his teaching we might say , are like two sides of a coin or a smooth metallic disc ; it is difficult to say which is the obverse and which the reverse . |
| 9 | It is difficult to say how many of these men were as fortunate as the vicar of Henfield , who in 1209 was to receive all oblations and legacies , a tithe of any new land to be cleared and ‘ tithe of calves , lambs , wool , pigs , chicken , geese , ducks , eggs , honey and wax , mills , fisheries , venison , hemp and flax , gardens , garlick , onions , leeks , and all pot-herbs ’ . |
| 10 | It is difficult to say , however , what formal linguistic correlates ( if any ) the difference Gilligan proposes might have . |
| 11 | It is difficult to say just what makes a good looking cable . |
| 12 | It is difficult to say , however , whether the real motivation is social responsibility or vanity . |
| 13 | Without any data being available on this fish as yet , it is difficult to say what the adult size might be , but it would appear to be about 12cm . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly there are differences in people 's experiences of support between grandparents and grandchildren , but we have so little up-to-date evidence on this issue that it is difficult to say how far such experiences vary systematically according to gender , ethnicity or social class . |
| 15 | It was his intention to people it with English colonists , but it is difficult to say how far he succeeded , since there is virtually no information about the civilian population of Calais . |
| 16 | How far this influenced some members of the government it is difficult to say but I have no doubt it was one of the factors which led to a majority being against abolition . |
| 17 | It is difficult to say how much of Cromwell 's considerable power derived from this office and how much of his personal authority rubbed off on to its subsequent holders . |
| 18 | It is difficult to say whether the rewards of office increased in real terms during the Tudor period . |
| 19 | We may say , in fact , that the onomatopoeic effect is here overdone , resulting in a sentence which is so cluttered with consonants , that it is difficult to say aloud . |
| 20 | To be sure , these are gradations not distinctions , and it is difficult to say where one ends and the other begins . |
| 21 | In overall terms it is difficult to say that the culture of a law degree has changed . |
| 22 | In the absence of such empirical work , it is difficult to say much about it in sociological terms . |
| 23 | It is difficult to say exactly what impact — if any — this shift is currently having on undergraduate curricula , but its future importance can not be doubted . |
| 24 | The Court of Appeal has the advantage ( if dealing with cases such as these after the trial judge has made the initial decision ; it is difficult to say on the basis of these cases how a trial judge at first instance should approach them . |
| 25 | It is difficult to say how long this species lives in captivity , but I had an African Snakehead , which I acquired at a similar size to yours , and I kept him or her ( there are no external sex differences ) for 13 years . |
| 26 | IT is difficult to say what " slowly " varying is until I give examples of " fast " varying phenomena . |
| 27 | However , it is difficult to say if this is desirable from the residents ' point of view , or whether they would prefer to live in a mixed group of people with differing levels of disability ; when asked , most patients express a preference for being with others who do not have behavioural problems . |
| 28 | It is difficult to say whether this was a fertility belief or whether this day was chosen simply because Good Friday was usually a holiday for the old farming community and therefore a convenient occasion for a workman to plant his own garden . |
| 29 | As Dunleavy and Rhodes ( 1988 , p. 123 ) observe , ‘ high-spending ’ authorities not rate-capped tended to increase rates in order to build reserves against possible rate-capping in the future ; hence , ‘ it is difficult to say whether selective rate-capping has marginally decreased total local government taxation … or substantially increased it ( by encouraging many more councils to raise ( taxes ) as an insurance ’ . |
| 30 | The Siege is commonly claimed to be the first English opera , though with what justice it is difficult to say since we have only the libretto and stage-designs . |