Example sentences of "is difficult [verb] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 2 | Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) . |
| 3 | Outside , facing the W door it is difficult to remember that this is the most modern part of the cathedral , created at the same time as Prague 's Functionalist architecture . |
| 4 | It is difficult to accept that this is an expense of the accounting period in which only an order was issued . |
| 5 | But since the nature of their business is so inexorably linked with valuable information legitimately acquired , it is difficult to ensure that this information is not illegitimately used . |
| 6 | It is difficult to imagine that this was once Britains first electric main line . |
| 7 | However , it is difficult to believe that this amounts to as much as £30 per hour . |