Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there was nothing for Aunt Tossie to understand , but her concerned enquiries , sometimes with three meanings embedded in their concern , Nicandra found difficult to negotiate . |
| 2 | As a consequence the struggle for Palestine has been carried out on many levels , creating a complexity which even the participants have at times found difficult to follow . |
| 3 | Once established , coalition proved difficult to shift and coalitionists developed an ideology of their own . |
| 4 | Although the pomeshchiks proved difficult to train and discipline . |
| 5 | And in the years after the end of the 1939–45 war there was such a spate of generals ' diaries that it at times seemed difficult to understand how these men had time for the job in hand , so busy were they with their diaries . |
| 6 | Bedford 's position as a landowner in both countries became difficult to sustain after the renewal of the war in 1369 , and his allegiance to England rested essentially on his friendship with the king . |
| 7 | During the original trial Ronson 's defence counsel emphasised his client 's integrity on several occasions , a fact which the trial judge found difficult to reconcile with his criminal behaviour concluding it must have ‘ been a moment of greed ’ . |
| 8 | Some aspects of its proposals for reforming the police and rethinking police tactics were implemented during 1982 and 1983 , but evidence of the ‘ urgent action ’ which it called for in other areas remained difficult to find . |
| 9 | In the other areas the larger cities and conurbations proved difficult to incorporate in a wider uniform pattern . |
| 10 | Additionally , her myasthenia became difficult to control , and in August 1991 a thymectomy was performed . |
| 11 | This makes capital employed difficult to estimate for purposes of financial ratio analysis . |
| 12 | This makes capital employed difficult to estimate for purposes of financial ratio analysis . |
| 13 | The mass production labour processes proved difficult to extend to certain consumption sectors , and in particular to the services ( such as health ) which were provided collectively through the welfare state . |
| 14 | On April 24 , 1990 , the government legalized the Eastern Rite Catholic Church , although the return of church buildings taken over by the Orthodox Church remained difficult to resolve because of uncertainties over the current number of Uniates . |
| 15 | Returns from other institutions proved difficult to fit in to a coherent pattern . |
| 16 | Mortgages became difficult to obtain , house prices stopped rising , commercial properties remained vacant and the economic squeeze began to hurt the profession . |
| 17 | The inconsequential and bawdy mimes proved difficult to unravel but Knox was determined to succeed , exercising on them the scholarship combined with inspired guesswork which was to be his forte in his future career . |
| 18 | While the cost of living continued to soar , wage increases remained difficult to obtain ; shipowners continued to hanker after the employment of cheap Chinese labour and extracted record profits , while the U-boat campaign raged unabated . |
| 19 | ‘ 'Er ’ was apparently Rose 's ma , and it seemed likely from Rose 's hints and sniffs that all the children had different dads , which , looking at Ma Bailey , fat , defeated and unlovely , Sally-Anne found difficult to believe . |
| 20 | Either possibility seemed difficult to believe . |
| 21 | Cleopatra 's barge would n't slide off the stage properly and the sphinx proved difficult to light . |
| 22 | This second principle proved difficult to implement . |
| 23 | It was little wonder that , during this time , Gergiev proved difficult to pin down for a promised meeting . |
| 24 | After Munich the idea that the main danger came from Chamberlain rather than Hitler became difficult to sustain . |
| 25 | After induction of anaesthesia tracheal intubation proved difficult owing to an anteriorly placed larynx ( Mallampati grade II-III ) and the patient 's great size ( he was 201 cm tall and weighed 118 kg ) . |