Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The USA , however , found it increasingly difficult to remain outside the conflict .
2 I would find it very difficult to go into a situation , like a communal changing room in a big store , where other women would see my body .
3 And the , as I say , it must have been difficult to go through a day , between nineteen thirty-nine , and nineteen forty-five without hearing the National Anthem somewhere , somehow .
4 Tony Gordon 's Kiwis , who will now find it difficult to go through the remainder of their tour undefeated , are not as tight and efficient a force as Graham Lowe 's team of four years ago , but with a virtual Test side out , should have been far too strong for Murphy 's collection of reserves .
5 The familiar fraction " ½ " " is a much more common answer for lower attainers than 0.5 , and in the section on number it was evident that many pupils find it difficult to go from the fraction to the decimal even in this the most familiar case .
6 Unweathered specimens are sometimes difficult to see on the rock surfaces .
7 It is very difficult to see into the minds of the Government , especially when they are so concerned with the results of the Christchurch by-election and almost non-ratification of the Maastricht Treaty !
8 Difficult to see into the oven during cooking .
9 Drawbacks : Difficult to see into the oven during cooking .
10 It is difficult to see through the vagueness now surrounding the Government 's plans , but it is clear that ministers were both unprepared and unco-ordinated in their response to what MPs across the political divide detected as the stench of injustice .
11 I turn the other way , but it 's difficult to see in the mirror cos the corner 's been broke off .
12 Light flowed from them , full of faint colours that sparked and changed and faded , difficult to see in the sunshine .
13 Soil around the bunker and on top of the slab provides further protection and makes the base difficult to see from the air .
14 well , here , I think it fitted in , I think it was this way , it 's a little bit difficult to see from the decision itself , erm this do , when these were notified there were provisions in it for example in relation to admission and expulsion , which the commission objected to and erm , I think one can summarize that this must of happen , the commission said to the marketing question if you do n't remove this restriction or if you do n't erm eradicate what we see as the arbitrary element of
15 ‘ They may be large — around 40 feet long — but like icebergs 90 per cent is under the water and that is making them incredibly difficult to see among the waves . ’
16 This employment context of increased competition between applicants for insecure part-time or fixed-term jobs with few protective conditions , suggests that the ideals of rehabilitation and normalization — that is the restoration of opportunities for participation in all areas of civil society will be extremely difficult to implement within the terms of hospital rundown .
17 Bedford 's position as a landowner in both countries became difficult to sustain after the renewal of the war in 1369 , and his allegiance to England rested essentially on his friendship with the king .
18 This Arctic redpolls. makes them very difficult to spot among the rocks , and especially among the brown seaweed .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Most of the insiders ' skills are assumed to be firm specific , acquired over the years and difficult to replicate in the short to medium run .
22 The 1970s are more difficult to categorize from the point of view of planning and national politics .
23 A system of management must be put in place for the new firm which : ( a ) does not diminish the influence over the firm 's affairs which individual partners have formerly enjoyed ; and ( b ) which ensures that particular attention is given to those matters which proved most difficult to agree during the course of the merger negotiations .
24 Both Washington and London were interested in the formation of a barrier to Soviet expansion in the Middle East , but it was more difficult to agree on the details .
25 Furthermore , with cursive handwriting , words are difficult to segment into the constituent letters .
26 But it was still not enough to overcome the crisis , and it is difficult to quarrel with the verdict of many of Hoover 's critics — " too little , too late " .
27 With so many offenders claiming mistakes in the records of the bank , it became increasingly difficult to proceed with the publication of the list of names of those involved .
28 Kirov found it difficult to enthuse over the photograph , mainly because of the subject matter .
29 Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in the mixed ability class .
30 Certainly the constraints of examinations make it more and more difficult to cope with the range of abilities in a mixed ability class .
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