Example sentences of "it [is] difficult [to-vb] people " 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 Typically these are pure public goods which can jointly benefit many people and where it is difficult to exclude people from the benefits .
7 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 .
8 Sometimes it is difficult to get people involved , but the facilities are there for those who wish to partake .
9 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 .
10 It is difficult to find people who have been tortured — so many of them are still in prison or have died .
11 It is difficult to rid people of this despondent impression of Birmingham .
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