Example sentences of "it [is] difficult [to-vb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rule it 's difficult to suffocate people , even if they 're sleeping . ’ |
| 2 | And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could . |
| 3 | I do n't know what the reasons why there 's always been a month on month cancellation , maybe it 's difficult to get people together there , maybe there not too enthusiastic . |
| 4 | It 's I mean it 's it 's difficult to picture people anywhere other than where you actually meet them at work . |
| 5 | It is difficult to persuade people who are eagerly straining to learn to speechread that it is also important to learn how to stop . |
| 6 | Inevitably the analysis is relatively crude since it is difficult to gather data about the financial circumstances of dementia sufferers or about the total amount of care provided for them in the community . |
| 7 | Typically these are pure public goods which can jointly benefit many people and where it is difficult to exclude people from the benefits . |
| 8 | Some goods with external benefits , from which it is difficult to exclude people , possess a further characteristic : the consumption of their benefits by one person does not reduce the amount available for others . |
| 9 | ‘ It is difficult to get statistics from social workers ’ and district nurses ' case loads , because there are n't any comprehensive record keeping systems . |
| 10 | Sometimes it is difficult to get people involved , but the facilities are there for those who wish to partake . |
| 11 | There are other goods which are held in common ownership , such as the air , the sea and common land , which it is difficult to prevent people from using because property rights in them are not assigned to individual owners . |
| 12 | It is difficult to find people who have been tortured — so many of them are still in prison or have died . |
| 13 | It is difficult to rid people of this despondent impression of Birmingham . |