Example sentences of "[be] difficult [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of work may be difficult to reconcile with the needs of the old person . |
| 2 | The desire to avoid appeal may partly be a reflection of the fact that standards have been selected by resort to the convention of established — but largely unexamined — practice which may be difficult to defend in a formal arena . |
| 3 | To support a Labour government for the sake of an illiberal reform would be difficult to explain in the first place ; and it would become more difficult still when people saw how the reform worked in practice . |
| 4 | Nucleosome packing data ( 27 ) , X-ray analysis of an 5'GGGGCCCC3' octamer ( 28 ) and the effect of sequence context on base pair stacking geometries ( 29 ) also support this view , indicating that the context-dependent influence on DNA curvature may be difficult to explain in the terms of dinucleotide-based models . |
| 5 | It is a line that will be difficult to draw in the adversarial atmosphere of the police station . |
| 6 | If this were really true , it would be difficult to account for the fact that , in the ten-year period 1977 — 87 , the total money supply ( M 1 at the end of the year ) rose approximately thirty-fold , and the cost-of-living index ( average for the year ) rose more than fifty-fold . |
| 7 | However , these are impressions which would be difficult to demonstrate from the archaeological evidence . |
| 8 | I consider the most likely candidate for forgery is therefore an unknown cylinder or an unknown acetate disc — in other words , a one-off , which would be difficult to compare with the genuine article , because there would be nothing with which to compare it . |
| 9 | If the Government go ahead with the legislation , Conservative Members in London and the south-east will find that it will be difficult to reverse after the general election no matter which party is in power . |
| 10 | Sean decided to take the money because he realised that it would be difficult to live with no money . |
| 11 | It seems to ignore the way in which existing fares are calculated' including as they do an element of ‘ taper ’ to avoid long journeys made up of several different sectors ‘ bolted together ’ from becoming too high : again something which would be difficult to replicate in a situation where the railways were operated by numerous regional franchises . |
| 12 | Lie the central nervous system complications , however , they may be difficult to diagnose without the clues given by the coincidental involvement of the skin and mucous membranes . |
| 13 | Children with an apparently mild form of the disease can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages . |
| 14 | If the Home Office looked elsewhere it would be difficult to justify to the Area Health Authority a continuing private arrangement with the local Force . |
| 15 | Furthermore , a reversal of ( f ) and ( d ) above would be difficult to justify on the grounds of coherence . |
| 16 | If a correct subjective attitude to credit costs is taken to embrace all the factors relating to credit terms , and not just APR , then it would be difficult to quarrel with the general accuracy of this overall ranking ( except perhaps that bank loans have been labelled ‘ expensive ’ more often than their true cost would deserve ) . |
| 17 | There may also be a reluctance to move out of the South , in the fear that if house prices in the ‘ North ’ increase at a slower rate , it may be difficult to return to the ‘ South ’ at a later date ( refer also to Chapter 8 , page 107 ) . |
| 18 | This will be difficult to do in a period of stagflation . |
| 19 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 20 | Either of these can hinder an interview in a way which may be difficult to define after the event . |
| 21 | If a group wittingly shares an attitude over a relevant issue but does so only for a limited period of time before falling into disarray , it would be difficult to refer to the group as an elite in any meaningful sense since the outcomes would be insignificant . |
| 22 | ‘ It will be difficult to judge in the future whether resources are adequate unless we have a clear indication of the level of need — both met and unmet ’ , the report says . |
| 23 | It will be difficult to decide on the co-respondent , of course ; one does n't usually have such a rich and varied choice . |
| 24 | Local income taxes might be thought capable of performing better against the criterion of equity , but it was argued that they would be difficult to administer in the UK , for the reasons outlined by Kay and King ( 1986 ) . |
| 25 | None of these would be difficult to achieve with a single-bed machine . |
| 26 | The problem with such a system is that a more detailed breakdown of costs into trades , elements or work sections would be difficult to achieve on a manual basis . |
| 27 | The sensitivity of Bio-Rad GAP Test IgG described in our study is almost identical to that found by another groups , but the lower specificity could be explained by one or more of the following : their reliance on histology as a standard , which might be difficult to interpret in the presence of very few organisms ; the exclusion from their study of patients with chronic superficial or atrophic gastritis in whom H pylori was not identified , thus reducing the number of true negatives ; the relatively high number of cases of chemical gastritis in their H pylori negative group without specifying whether these patients had been treated with NSAID ; and the presence in their H pylori positive group of chronic atrophic gastritis in 117 of 160 ( 73% ) , which may have been paralleled by a rise in the number of false positive cases . |
| 28 | The epistemological model of truth and falsity which applies to formal statements of propositions turns out to be difficult to apply in the context of social and political life . |
| 29 | Chief enforcement officer Mike Abrahams said : ‘ It was felt the letter was making claims it would be difficult to substantiate with a degree of certainty . |
| 30 | The bridge rectifier should be one rated at 6A and may be difficult to find in a d.i.l. configuration . |