Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if the vagaries of distribution made it difficult to get It there were others on hand more than willing to give the new paper , Indica , and the new culture a boost . |
| 2 | The closely-knit corps of torturers made it difficult for a torturer to give up his job . |
| 3 | Although the lack of signposts made it difficult to locate the road to Rennes-le-Chateau , I eventually found it and trudged the 4.7km to the village . |
| 4 | The age of capital found it difficult to come to terms with this problem . |
| 5 | However , postwar shortages of materials made it difficult to accelerate new building . |
| 6 | The Secretary of State found it difficult enough to maintain the unity of his allies in Europe over the question of re-arming Germany . |
| 7 | The enemy opened up with machine guns , but the glare of fires made it difficult for them to aim accurately . |
| 8 | The large number of forms in circulation made it difficult for the authorities to keep track of them . |
| 9 | It was agreed that the growing diversity of pressures upon schools made it difficult for them to adapt intelligently and consistently . |
| 10 | Many who subscribed to COS principles in theory found it difficult in practice to abandon to destitution or the Poor Law many who were in desperate and immediate need . |
| 11 | All my subsequent attempts to find a mutually convenient time to meet have failed — mostly , I have to confess , because my term-time commitments in Oxford made it difficult for me get up to London except at hours when you were in Cabinet , or in the House . |
| 12 | And this in turn made it difficult to maintain profits in the economy as a whole . |
| 13 | The brightness of the light on stage made it difficult for him to focus , and a large spot , positioned to give the illusion of daylight from a window of the set , left the recesses of the wings in obscurity . |
| 14 | The marshes around Altdorf made it difficult for the Orcs to group for the assault , and several mobs of Orcs disappeared forever when they strayed into the marshes . |