Example sentences of "it 's difficult [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auditing profession er argues , and I must say the audit practice board 's er er proposals are very , for very passive auditing , the audit profession argues that it 's difficult to detect fraud but on the other hand er the local government er act er local government finance act of nineteen eighty two requires local authority auditors to have er er er a duty to search for unlawful acts and report on them . |
| 2 | The trouble about starting a very small business is that it 's difficult to do things of any great originality , because you do n't have the buying power or maybe the manufacturing base to really get the thing off the ground . |
| 3 | X take away minus X. Take away X , which is just plus X , X take away X. And three X take away minus two X. Hey now on the number line you ca n't it 's difficult to do X take away X but you can work out roughly where they 'd be and what you would do and what the system would be . |
| 4 | As a rule it 's difficult to suffocate people , even if they 're sleeping . ’ |
| 5 | But it 's difficult to remember things like that when you 've been brought up in a village and you 're used to chatting to everyone you meet . |
| 6 | It 's difficult to take adultery seriously if you 're not getting much pleasure out of it . ’ |
| 7 | It 's difficult to separate INSET from the rest of teaching . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to get matches under your belt when you 're like that . |
| 9 | As I 'm six and a half feet tall , it 's difficult to get jeans to fit me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It 's difficult to find companies willing to be specific about the changes or benefits that have resulted from the services of a consulting guru . |
| 13 | Erm I I think it 's difficult to quote examples off the cuff here er the er British Aerospace for example , I know that erm er the company has planned to introduce cellular manufacturing techniques for some components which will reduce the number of man hours that are devoted to the manufacture of that item an and given a level of throughput will do the job a lot more efficiently . |
| 14 | It 's difficult to hear chords in different ways and impossible on the the normal guitar to do piano-type chords . ’ |
| 15 | It 's I mean it 's it 's difficult to picture people anywhere other than where you actually meet them at work . |
| 16 | It 's difficult to fault Tascam 's 238 Syncaset . |
| 17 | it 's difficult to keep track of all the products that can be sniffed |
| 18 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and that it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( make sure good locks are fitted as standard by the manufacturer and frames are strengthened ) . |
| 19 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( so make sure good locks are fitted as standard ) . |
| 20 | It 's difficult to write report procedures that will not run . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I think it 's difficult to make friends |
| 23 | Once the structure is complete , it 's difficult to prevent sounds passing from one part to another , or to prevent sounds entering or leaving the building . |
| 24 | But it 's difficult to convince Rush that Dalglish is not deluding himself if he says he is fulfilled by life after the Kop . |