Example sentences of "make it difficult [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need . |
| 2 | This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market . |
| 3 | Low pay has made it difficult for HMIP to recruit and keep adequately qualified staff . |
| 4 | Competition amongst producers of commercial PC software has made it difficult for shareware authors to significantly undercut them and still charge a worthwhile amount for their products . |
| 5 | Subdued housing market turnover since the end of 1988 has also made it difficult for borrowers to clear arrears by trading down , and some may have thought it in their best interests to default once their mortgages exceeded the value of their homes — although the borrower in this situation still remains legally liable for any outstanding debt after the property has been sold . |
| 6 | The attitude of the church has made it difficult for governments to openly promote birth-control programs , that do anything more than advocate natural methods . |
| 7 | This can make it difficult for management to exercise control because orders tend to become more distorted as they pass through more layers ; 90 per cent compliance at each stage in the hierarchy implies less than 50 per cent compliance from one end to the other over seven stages ( see Williamson , 1975 , ch. 3 ) . |
| 8 | Outsiders believe the charges may make it difficult for SCO to go public until they are resolved . |
| 9 | ‘ He is exciting and unpredictable and while that can make it difficult for others to play with him , it is also one of his great strengths . |
| 10 | Lakeside residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 11 | But residents say this will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through . |
| 12 | But Lakeside residents say the plans will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through and would be dangerous for children and pensioners . |
| 13 | To reply instead yes would give a feeling of ‘ finality ’ , of ‘ end of the conversation ’ ; if A did have something to say about John Smith , the response with a fall would make it difficult for A to continue . |
| 14 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 15 | Anna Marsden , director of the foundation which was established to raise new funds for voluntary work , said the gulf could make it difficult for people to seek help . |
| 16 | Unemployment in the 1980s forced many older people into early retirement and made it difficult for others to find work . |
| 17 | Although the confusion of shifts in allegiance within the various loyalist groupings made it difficult for contemporaries to see the underlying direction of change , with hindsight we can see a simplification of unionist politics . |
| 18 | The decision in Smith v Baker ( 1891 ) made it difficult for employers to rely on a volenti defence . |
| 19 | Initially , the great masses of floating pumice which had piled up on the sea made it difficult for ships to force their way through the water — rafts three metres thick were reported in places — but eventually parties were able to reach the islands and determine what changes had taken place . |
| 20 | Such an unsettled lifestyle made it difficult for Pauline to accumulate much in the way of household possessions , but what it did give her was a very cosmopolitan view . |
| 21 | The close connection between politics and revenue patronage made it difficult for superiors to discipline officers who stepped out of line , and even when an officer was actually dismissed he could , and did , fight to secure his reinstatement by pulling political strings . |
| 22 | He said the uncertainty of the election date believed to be April 9 also made it difficult for candidates to organise their activities . |
| 23 | A cacophony of staccato bleeps and irritating electronic tunes , endlessly repeated , made it difficult for Marie to catch the sense of what he was saying . |
| 24 | Secrecy created by the mixture of large state bureaucracies and the military connection made it difficult for people like Professor Jeffery to get hold of any meaningful figures . |
| 25 | The ways cards made spending — and overspending — so easy and painless made it difficult for people not to treat the plastic rectangles as money . |
| 26 | Since trust in Hitler had owed a great deal to the belief that he would lead Germany to a rapid and glorious peace , since despair of an early end to the war was the essential reason for the waning morale , and since the failure of the Blitzkrieg in the USSR and the declaration of war on the USA made it difficult in logic to hold anyone other than Hitler responsible for the prolonging of the war , it is worth enquiring why the ‘ Hitler myth ’ did not collapse more quickly than was evidently the case . |
| 27 | ‘ The Founders ’ rights make it difficult for NoS to be taken over , ’ they warned . |
| 28 | Not only does sectoralisation make it difficult for planners and administrators to gain an overall view , it also means that local institutions have to adopt a similar structure in order to deal adequately with the central bureaucracy . |
| 29 | As importantly , a fully enclosed heating element and rubber nozzle guard make it difficult for users to accidentally burn themselves . |
| 30 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |