Example sentences of "[pron] is difficult to think " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to think of any comparable tribute from a cardinal to a journalist , still less to a woman . |
| 2 | Parliament is the arena in which British political leaders are recruited and it is difficult to think of a successful Prime Minister who has not been able to command the House of Commons . |
| 3 | By the end of that Test they were two down with two to play , and it is difficult to think of any England tour where such a low point had been reached . |
| 4 | It is difficult to think of more threatening language than to say that political union must be accepted if countries wish to avoid being dominated . |
| 5 | It is difficult to think of a less appropriate analogy . |
| 6 | It is difficult to think of anything more politically dangerous or undemocratic . |
| 7 | It is difficult to think what could make the Assemblée resemble a rubber stamp more than this . |
| 8 | If this is what the Common European Home stands for , so enthusiastically embraced by the Germans on the occasion of Gorbachev 's visit to Bonn in June 1989 , then it is difficult to think of a more decisive rejection of the values of the Atlantic alliance . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is difficult to think of the expression of any ideas that does not reveal a moral attitude . |
| 10 | At first it is difficult to think of anything except apples and oranges ! |
| 11 | It is difficult to think about a gravitational field that exists independently of any associated matter . |
| 12 | However , it is difficult to think without obsession , and it is impossible to create something without a foundation that is rigorous , incontrovertible and in fact , to some degree repetitive . |
| 13 | It is difficult to think of even a few ‘ minus points ’ to set against the outstandingly beautiful and accommodating Fairy Wrasse . |
| 14 | It is difficult to think of any twentieth-century president who was a more complete outsider . |
| 15 | On the whole , yes , though it is difficult to think of an artist tailoring a picture to the requirements of an exhibition . |
| 16 | It is difficult to think that Parliament intended the section to operate so capriciously and I would not construe it in that sense unless clearly constrained to do so by the statutory language . |
| 17 | It is difficult to think of a more unsatisfactory outcome or one further away from what the parties to the 1930 agreement can ever have contemplated . |
| 18 | It is difficult to think of that . |
| 19 | The preparation ( it is difficult to think of it in terms of training ) of those who put radical reform into action requires vision , strength of mind and persistence . |
| 20 | It is difficult to think productively about ‘ modernization ’ for many reasons , not least the problem of what is appropriate in the adoption of innovation . |
| 21 | After 1850 it is difficult to think of any kings who were great patrons of the arts , except mad ones like Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1864–86 ) , any noble magnates who were great collectors of art , except eccentrics . |
| 22 | The exceptional quality of the portrait of Spring is immediately apparent when one turns to that of Summer … it is difficult to think that it was produced by the " painter " of Spring : the delineation of the features is insensitive , the colouring inferior " ( Smith 1976 , 9 ) . |