Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no use in preserving the form when the function has failed ; and it is difficult to see the democratic form of the consumers , co-operative can have much meaning for the generality of members — nor , of course , any for non-members — who use the stores . |
| 2 | It is usually difficult to see the individual minerals making up a basalt , since they are far too small , so one has to use a microscope . |
| 3 | The rail shape gradually changes throughout a board 's length ; unless you look carefully it is difficult to see the subtle changes involved . |
| 4 | Since evidence suggests that humans also possess binocular cortical neurones and that their connections with the left and right eyes are susceptible to modification , as with the cat and monkey ( Aslin and Banks , 1978 ) , it is not difficult to see the possible extrapolation from the cellular to the hemispheric level ( see also Kinsbourne , 1975b ) . |
| 5 | The first autumn mists made it difficult to see the whole length of the reach . |
| 6 | It is difficult to see the National Curriculum requirements fitting into this sort of timetabling pattern . |
| 7 | So I , I think it 's difficult to sustain the same kind of relationship . |
| 8 | It is difficult to miss the phallic connotations of the weapons the miller seems to make such a show of having about his person : — the diminution in scale to the " " joly poppere " " may already hint at the bawdy belittling the miller is to suffer . |
| 9 | In so far as I understand this view , and it is not yet a matter of close textual criticism of a published account , I find it difficult to connect the commonsense properties of consciousness ( vague as they may be ) , with the notions of repair and debugging ( fundamental as those are to any account of intelligent mechanisms ) . |
| 10 | The conclusion that DCF is correct conceptually and , contrary to the arguments of Hayes and Garvin , Hill , and others , does not have a short-run bias may not be very useful practically if it is very difficult to estimate the future benefits to be derived from the project in cash-flow terms . |
| 11 | However it is difficult to estimate the unregistered animals . |
| 12 | It is difficult to evade the dominant culture 's stranglehold on these topics . |
| 13 | Others find it difficult to accept the annual publication in the UK of some 70,000 new book titles . |
| 14 | I find it very difficult to accept the immigrant people and children that I come into contact with . |
| 15 | ‘ Matthew , I 'm trying to be very understanding and modern about this , but I want you to realize that for women of my generation , it 's difficult to accept the prevailing mores . ’ |
| 16 | In recent years people have found it increasingly difficult to accept the conventional doctrines of Christianity , but a visionary like Julian penetrates the cerebral crust of the religious experience , which has little to do with logic and reason , to reach its core . |
| 17 | As display size increases , it becomes more difficult to provide the correct waveform to every pixel . |
| 18 | Ann Black , NALGO Branch Secretary , says it 's becoming increasingly difficult to provide the professional services we supply to students . |
| 19 | Companies find it increasingly difficult to attract the right people in the £14,000 to £18,000 range unless they offer a car . |
| 20 | Indeed the whole concept of maximizing household resources tends to imply that all do benefit , although it can be very difficult to know the precise distribution of resources in such households . |
| 21 | The Clow Committee had recognised there would be practical problems : the quarterly cycle of meter reading would make it difficult to concentrate the higher charge on the crucial months of December , January and February when demand was highest ; in really cold weather or if coal remained in short supply it would have only limited deterrent effect ; and off-peak demand might be adversely affected . |
| 22 | But it was so difficult to find the right moment . |
| 23 | It is very difficult to find the proper words to acknowledge the hard and dedicated work that went into the restoration of this control tower by the Three-Ninetieth Memorial Air Museum . |
| 24 | However , it is not difficult to find the globular cluster M3 , which has an integrated magnitude of between 6 and 7 . |
| 25 | Now , when you 're trying to distinguish whether it 's idiomatic or not , do n't , you know it 's very difficult to find the fine line between something which is formal , and still idiomatic , and something which is idiomatic through being too colloquially informal . |
| 26 | It is obviously difficult to infer the chronological framework of a town from its stocklists alone . |
| 27 | It is difficult to establish the precise rationale for the traditional hierarchical model which pervades the educational system . |
| 28 | It is always difficult to establish the precise nature of the relationship between events , but it seems significant that the ILEA published its booklet Keeping the School Under Review in the year following the conclusion of the Tyndale inquiry . |
| 29 | However , as discussed in Chapter 8 , it can be difficult to establish the precise levels of these thresholds in practice . |
| 30 | In fact I am finding it difficult to establish the exact terms of reference for this study , given that a number of related studies are already underway . |