Example sentences of "it be difficult [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is difficult to build details about the weekly press into this account , not least because of problems of definition . |
| 32 | Once stereotyping takes place it is difficult to change peoples ' perceptions of a particular role . |
| 33 | If it is difficult to change habits like smoking or drinking , despite the best of intentions , then the switch to nut steaks and vegetable lasagne might be just as painful , and for those forced to it because of the unavailability of meat it would also be deeply resented . |
| 34 | It should be noted , however , that there were several branches of the Leapor family in Brackley , and that the same Christian names were repeated over generations or within the same generation to such an extent that it is difficult to separate families , or even to identify individuals . |
| 35 | It is planning to increase the education budget by 20% — though , with employers crying out for trained manpower , it is difficult to recruit teachers . |
| 36 | Radio and TV waves are public goods in that the reception of signals is non-rivalrous and it is difficult to exclude consumers once they have reception equipment . |
| 37 | It is difficult to imagine situations where a clause could be construed in that way at common law and still be judged reasonable under the Act . |
| 38 | Experienced credit managers will be well aware that once a pattern of payment is established , it is difficult to coax customers out of that pattern . |
| 39 | ‘ There are many good bands in Africa ; they all want to come abroad but it is difficult to get visas and many promoters are only interested in doing just one tour . |
| 40 | It is difficult to get skips in this age group capable of keeping their end up at this level of competition . |
| 41 | It is difficult to mask mistakes ( you will become adept at cross-hatching ! ) but , if you have a facility for fine and detailed drawing , you must try this technique . |
| 42 | I recognise that it is difficult to balance interests . |
| 43 | Once a field reaches STOP all further proposed offers must be referred to the Co-ordinator but in practice it is difficult to avoid overshoots in the more popular fields in the spring . |
| 44 | It is difficult to avoid comparisons with nomadic human herdsmen — a parallel which is apt in other ways too . |
| 45 | It is difficult to identify farms inside these settlements , while related field systems have been suggested at only a handful of sites , including the presumed Romano-British fields at Braintree and the sequence of enclosures at Brampton . |
| 46 | Most research does involve consulting professionals ( Cloke , 1983 ; Eastman , 1984 ) as it is difficult to identify abusers or victims . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | These authors are right to point out that in cross sectional analyses it is difficult to make assumptions of causality . |
| 49 | It is difficult to make things happen . |
| 50 | The very fact that it is difficult to find reasons either for including it or for excluding it tells us something about the peculiarly arbitrary process involved in categorizing policies as ‘ social ’ . |
| 51 | It is difficult to find examples to correspond with the American experience in England . |
| 52 | Although this has clearly been recognised as a ground of challenge for abuse of power ( see Anisminic , for example ) , it is difficult to find examples where it stands alone as the ground for attacking the decision . |
| 53 | It is difficult to find examples which assume the contrary , let alone to show that they can succeed . |
| 54 | It is difficult to find words strong enough for the sensation which came over me ; Milton 's ‘ enormous bliss ’ of Eden ( giving the full , ancient meaning to ‘ enormous ’ ) comes somewhere near it . |
| 55 | Even he , however , confessed that it was difficult to control men who had not been accustomed to organization , whose " idea was that once a union was formed everything should be put right in a few hours " . |
| 56 | Looking around he remembered it was difficult to plant bugs actually inside panelling but even his half-trained eye could see that the elaborate cornices and mouldings gave a myriad opportunities to a good wire man . |
| 57 | A possible reason is that it was difficult to get arms and ammunition to the right place , despite the virtual absence of border controls between Germany and its western neighbours . |
| 58 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 59 | In Mavhinje there was hardly any food and it was difficult to send parcels . |
| 60 | As it was difficult to make stamps adhere to records without paper labels , by 1916 all disc companies were using them . |