Example sentences of "it is difficult to assess " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to assess whether these trends will produce a lasting shift in the middle ground . |
| 2 | It is difficult to assess whether or not unemployment and economic conditions were vital to the decline in the size of working-class families , or whether the prospect of purchasing new consumer goods conditioned the responses of the working classes . |
| 3 | It is difficult to assess the performance of the DUP and Vanguard because there was considerable overlap between the two groups and the affiliation of some candidates was in doubt . |
| 4 | It is difficult to assess the impact of Christianity on a sector of experience which was undergoing profound change in the course of late antiquity . |
| 5 | It is difficult to assess the number of garbage pickers , because this fluctuates seasonally and because they are not really enumerated in official statistics , but Birkbeck estimates that at the time of the study , there were between 1,200 and 1,700 garbage pickers in Cali . |
| 6 | It is difficult to assess the amount of self-deceit involved in such unreal escapes . |
| 7 | It is difficult to assess the significance of ‘ spontaneous ’ platelet aggregation , that is platelet aggregation induced by stirring alone without the addition of an aggregatory agent . |
| 8 | It is difficult to assess the total effect on employment of any assistance , but the 1988 Action for Cities statement ( HMSO , 1988a ) argued that UDGs provided nearly 30,000 jobs . |
| 9 | It is difficult to assess the impact this has had , but there does not seem to have been a massive desertion of schools with poor examination results . |
| 10 | At one level , of course , it is difficult to assess this claim since none of the supporters of reform ever made it . |
| 11 | It is difficult to assess the significance of the various negotiations which went on between the British and the Indians during the early stages of the war . |
| 12 | At this stage it is difficult to assess whether the potential benefits to accounts users which may arise from improvements in audit judgments and financial reporting as a result of regulation can be justified against the costs , particularly at the smaller end of the market . |
| 13 | It is difficult to assess exactly how important such credit effects have been in this recession . |
| 14 | Since membership required nothing more than a signature , it is difficult to assess the real weight of the movement . |
| 15 | Although it is difficult to assess its importance , on the eve of the second reading debate a letter appeared in The Times , signed by eight peers , including Lord Devlin . |
| 16 | It is difficult to assess at this stage what the repercussions of these provisions on this sector will be , but it is important to oppose yet another Tory move to minimise statutory responsibility to provide housing for people without homes . |
| 17 | It is difficult to assess the number of prostitutes actually involved . |
| 18 | In the absence of any details it is difficult to assess the force of these references to biology and sociology … . ( 1 ) What , if any , were the false biological views in question ? ( 2 ) How did it follow from them that women could not be ordained to the priesthood ? ( 3 ) What are the views which have taken their place ? … . ( 7 ) Have the views about women which have now come to be held proved to be true ? |
| 19 | It is difficult to assess what one learns from a good teacher — I was so greedy to learn that one can not always separate what was given from what one has seized upon and made one 's own . |
| 20 | It is difficult to assess the real effects of the " movies " . |
| 21 | The District Council considers that the sites may have a role to play in the long-term strategic land reserve , although at this stage as no calculations have been carried out as to the requirements it is difficult to assess what role they might play . |
| 22 | Obviously , the Maastricht mess has dogged this first year , so it is difficult to assess what impact , if any , the supposedly new caring Major and his cabinet have had on social policy . |
| 23 | As regards outward investment , it is difficult to assess the effect on individual regions of the outflow from the UK 's own TNCs . |
| 24 | It is difficult to assess whether Kollwitz intended to reach any particular market with a specific work because the bulk of information concerning her motives are confined to autobiographical writings . |
| 25 | It is difficult to assess the incidence of abortion . |
| 26 | It is difficult to assess the real impact of these activities on actual policy formulation , but it seems clear that the activities of the preparatory committees at least were thorough and significant , and to some extent taken seriously by the party and government ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 188–90 ) . |
| 27 | It is difficult to assess how effective such channels were , but the publicizing of grievances can be enough to lead to some bureaucratic adjustments . |
| 28 | But even here it is difficult to assess the impact of this recommendation on financial reporting since the law already requires the substance of this anyway . |
| 29 | It is difficult to assess their status . |
| 30 | It is difficult to assess , in the period under review , whether the Ottomans made any systematic attempt to ensure the presence of muftis in the various cities and towns of the empire . |