Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [subord] [pron] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were twisted and butchered and maimed and it was difficult to see if they had been Oaks or Beeches or Elms or what . |
| 2 | It would have been difficult to accept if he had been killed so young in a car crash , but when it was so senseless … ‘ |
| 3 | Nevertheless , though the currents of genuine popular opinion are now even more difficult to evaluate than they had been earlier , given the intensified persecution from 1942 onwards of even relatively trivial ‘ offences ’ of criticizing the regime or ‘ subverting ’ the wartime ordinances , every sign points towards the growth in this period of a ‘ silent majority ’ increasingly critical of the Nazi regime — even if the criticism was often only obliquely expressed — and ready to blame it for the mounting miseries of the war . |
| 4 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 5 | A default fine is imposed on the company and officers if this is not done , but since there are no filing requirements it will be difficult to ascertain when there has been default . |