Example sentences of "it [is] difficult to make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , erm , it 's difficult to make forecasts , particularly with the S E C breathing down one 's neck but I think one can say that the industry conditions , if you were to read the reports of other companies and for us , is pretty much erm , status quo , in other words the domestic excuse me , domestic industry 's doing quite well , the rig , the rig count 's up , the Canadian rig count 's up , international markets remain rather soggy but some of them are qui you know on a , on a selective basis some are quite good . |
| 2 | I think it 's difficult to make friends |
| 3 | Well , if a thesis that it is difficult to make sense of allows a conclusion that is repugnant , then the rational course would seem to be to take this as another reason for distrusting the thesis : not as a reason for admitting the repugnant conclusion . |
| 4 | It is difficult to make sense of this word here ( since " longevity " means " length of life " , rather than simply " length " , and is difficult to apply , except metaphorically , to a poem ) . |
| 5 | The wires on telephones are of a type to which it is difficult to make connections but there should be no difficulty if the pieces of screw terminal block are used as shown . |
| 6 | These authors are right to point out that in cross sectional analyses it is difficult to make assumptions of causality . |
| 7 | It is difficult to make things happen . |