Example sentences of "finding it [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was finding it increasingly difficult to sit here , in his home , trying to cope with the spectrum of emotions that chased pell-mell through her from one moment to the next , and at the same time evince a polite interest in Richard 's remarks . |
| 2 | Mrs Fellows had been finding it increasingly difficult to cope with her usual activities due to her aching legs and tiredness . |
| 3 | Large companies still seem to be finding it increasingly difficult to retain top management . |
| 4 | At the same time , the Association is finding it increasingly difficult to meet the requirements of all those who need our assistance . |
| 5 | This number is seen to be much higher in the later 1970s and in the 1980s , supporting the view that more and more school-leavers were then finding it increasingly difficult to obtain jobs in the first six months after leaving school . |
| 6 | She managed to hold down a job as a journalist with a local newspaper , but was finding it increasingly difficult to produce a reasonable standard of work when suffering from PMS , which was sometimes debilitating . |
| 7 | Lydia was finding it increasingly difficult to place Elizabeth . |
| 8 | Please do n't tell me to buy children 's shoes as I already do so when I need a flat pair , but I like high heels and am finding it increasingly difficult to buy them . |
| 9 | He criticised ‘ as a policy mess ’ the present position where so many would-be solicitors are prevented from obtaining discretionary awards from local authorities , are unable to enjoy preferential rates under the Government 's student loan scheme , and are finding it increasingly difficult to find places in already hard pressed high street firms who do legal aid work . |
| 10 | The third group comprised the Party activists and functionaries themselves , who were finding it increasingly difficult to recruit new willing Party workers at the same time that their own work-load was being considerably enlarged . |
| 11 | Maura was finding it increasingly difficult to swallow . |
| 12 | Others , less directly committed to change or worried as to how their institutions would cope with its demands , would , nevertheless , have been finding it increasingly difficult to regard school mathematics as fixed and unchangeable . [ … ] |
| 13 | By the late seventies and early eighties British players were finding it increasingly difficult to compete on the international scene . |
| 14 | ‘ Students are finding it increasingly difficult to get that experience . |
| 15 | Circumscribed by the injunction — voiced or not , that the machines built around it should not pose a threat to IBM Corp 's proprietary product lines , the designers of the Power RISC created a chip that was heavily slewed towards scientific and technical applications — but the IBM world has changed out of all recognition since then and the RS/6000 is at least as widely used in commercial applications as in technical , while IBM is finding it increasingly hard to sell proprietary systems . |
| 16 | This conversation was centring too much on bedrooms and pillows , and Ronni was finding it increasingly hard to handle . |
| 17 | And Michael Crawford , one of the Nice guys , is finding it unexpectedly hard to win . |
| 18 | She slumps back on the floor , still finding it nearly impossible to speak as every word that emerges takes on new lives and dimensions of its own . |
| 19 | But agencies are finding it profoundly difficult to reach a consensus . |
| 20 | The truth is that I 'm finding it damnably hard to confess to you what happened between Lotta and myself , and it 's vital that you know . ’ |
| 21 | However , it may take some considerable time to reach this target ; as the majority of DATEC courses are run in separate art colleges and these have been particularly squeezed by the current financial crisis , they are finding it particularly difficult to make the desired provision . |
| 22 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 23 | Spokeswoman Margaret Rooke-Matthews said : ‘ People are finding it too expensive to go to the pub . |
| 24 | ‘ Nobody 's finding it very easy to meet him at the moment , ’ said Charlotte . |
| 25 | He had taken this attitude himself , but was finding it very uncomfortable to maintain , after his long years of quiet in the bush , untroubled by anything worse than wind or weather . |
| 26 | Zambia was finding it very hard to see anything sinister in Tammuz Malamute that day . |
| 27 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |
| 28 | ‘ Young people are finding it very hard to get into magic today . |
| 29 | Many families these days are finding it very hard to make ends meet . |
| 30 | ‘ Mum was finding it very difficult to cope . |