Example sentences of "is difficult [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When taut , no problem , but as the trees starts falling it is difficult to take up the slack , thus a backwards tumble into the shrubbery . |
| 2 | It is difficult to work out the ‘ plot ’ of this sonnet , and one is not sure to what extent it is meant to suggest a consistent relationship . |
| 3 | But it is difficult to pin down the symptoms . |
| 4 | It is difficult to sum up the succession of kings and sub kings who schemed and killed their way to brief spells of power — eight of them in one century — or to keep in steady perspective the shifting boundaries and aspirations of petty earldoms and self-proclaimed kingdoms . |
| 5 | He is sensitive to the problem of testing the thesis since it is difficult to separate out the influence of parties and politicians from that of other institutions , groups , interests , and the whole context of economic policy-making . |