Example sentences of "made it difficult for he [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , Roberts herself makes the point that , for example , Anderson 's reliance upon census data made it difficult for him to see the extent of exchanges across households .
2 The dogs ' descendants were still with him , though rheumatism made it difficult for him to go scrambling over the fields at night with the powerful torch to blind the rabbits .
3 The brightness of the light on stage made it difficult for him to focus , and a large spot , positioned to give the illusion of daylight from a window of the set , left the recesses of the wings in obscurity .
4 Mr Powell 's lofty academic style made it difficult for him to approach MPs .
5 The three Service Chiefs welcomed his preference for evolution rather than continuing and abrasive revolution , but the doubts and suspicions that they had about Mountbatten 's impartiality made it difficult for him to rebuild complete confidence between his staff at the Ministry of Defence and the Service ministries .
6 After all those years in Paris he found the bright sunshine and the sparkling translucence of the air disturbed his concentration and made it difficult for him to work .
7 Here he drank pastis with the mayors of the Basses-Alpes , and even found time to lecture on Edgar Allan Poe , although his new false teeth made it difficult for him to speak French .
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