Example sentences of "difficult to think [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is never difficult to think of suitable gifts to take to elderly people who live alone , but apart from the obvious ones it is worth remembering that things like home-made cakes , biscuits , jam or marmalade which they may no longer bother to make for themselves are particularly appreciated . |
| 2 | It is difficult to think of that . |
| 3 | Apart from Nigel Lawson , Nicholas Ridley , Cecil Parkinson , and Sir Geoffrey Howe , it was difficult to think of other Cabinet ministers who would be regarded as economically ‘ dry ’ or ideologically ‘ Thatcherite ’ , and both Lawson and Sir Geoffrey had well-publicized differences of opinion with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 4 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 5 | It is not difficult to think of female names which begin with an unstressed syllable ( Patricia , Elizabeth , Rebecca ) , but male names are very rare ( Jerome , Demetrius ) . |
| 6 | It is difficult to think of any comparable tribute from a cardinal to a journalist , still less to a woman . |
| 7 | By the end of that Test they were two down with two to play , and it is difficult to think of any England tour where such a low point had been reached . |
| 8 | It is difficult to think of any twentieth-century president who was a more complete outsider . |
| 9 | It was difficult to think of any animal less suited to her personality . |
| 10 | After 1850 it is difficult to think of any kings who were great patrons of the arts , except mad ones like Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1864–86 ) , any noble magnates who were great collectors of art , except eccentrics . |
| 11 | For instance , it is not difficult to think of linguistic features that could be defined as disfluencies . |