Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] difficulty " in BNC.
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1 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
2 | I do n't want really want Darren , I do n't honestly think , I think I 'd have difficulty in the initial breaking , but then everything else would go |
3 | I said some days ago that I would have difficulty er assisting you in making the choice for for some obvious reasons . |
4 | If they said you can go anywhere you like it would , that would cause I would , I would have difficulty deciding . |
5 | It is advisable for the purchaser to draw attention to any points which may cause difficulties if they are not raised until a later stage . |
6 | You can also colour-code or underline parts of the word which might cause difficulty , and can comment on the tricky bit when you record . |
7 | The attitudes of colleagues were reported as being overwhelmingly good , although a few people mentioned a certain lack of understanding , saying that their colleagues tended to forget or deny that they were disabled , which could create difficulties . |
8 | Natural parents often had access guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , association director . |
9 | Natural parents often had access to children guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , the association 's director . |
10 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
11 | However , my hon. Friend 's suggestion envisages simultaneous availability on the market of two different grades of diesel , which would present difficulties in terms of separate pumps , separate distribution systems , and so on . |
12 | Often the light is too bright , which can cause difficulties for all children . |
13 | Other grammatical categories which can pose difficulties in translation include mood , direct and indirect speech , causativity , and many others . |
14 | This is especially helpful to older patients who may have difficulty in learning and remembering , and who may require to visit the toilet during the night . |
15 | Painting is valuable because people who may have difficulty expressing themselves in words can get some of their feelings down in a picture . |
16 | Lothian Region are providing an enquiry helpline for those who may have difficulties with completing the forms . |
17 | For this reason , particularly during your early days at college , you may find difficulty in locating a book . |
18 | For the same reason , I suggest that you avoid overseas package tours that require you to be at the airport in the early hours of the morning , or very late at night , when you may have difficulty travelling to the airport safely . |
19 | Enterprise zone property trusts are established to be held as an investment for a very long period ( usually 25 years ) and as Capital Ventures warns : ‘ You may have difficulty in selling your investment before realisation of the underlying property … ’ |
20 | Unfortunately there are n't enough speech therapists or psychotherapists available either on the NHS or privately , so you may have difficulty in being referred by your doctor or finding one yourself . |
21 | You may have difficulty getting the third side to join the other two sides and still be 5cm long . |
22 | Unless she sees a local advertisement , she will have little knowledge of job opportunity and if she has moved into the district from elsewhere , she may have difficulty in assessing the employment prospects . |
23 | The show is custom-built by Janet Street-Porter 's rapidly expanding youth and entertainment empire and is aimed squarely at people under the age of 25 who might have difficulty identifying an Andy Warhol , never mind a Renaissance masterpiece . |
24 | For example , National & Provincial Building Society offered a mortgage helpline and hints for those who might have difficulty meeting the new level of payments . |
25 | In other words , she is someone who might have difficulty with spelling as she grows , but could be helped now to become a competent speller . |
26 | You 'll have difficulty trying to get hold of a bike or a canoe in the Tatras . |
27 | It sounds obvious but some drawings of birds are so odd you 'd have difficulty identifying even a bluetit from them . |
28 | You 'd have difficulty a local player of that one . |
29 | It would not be surprising if the loss of a job for a middle-aged manager who would have difficulty finding other similar employment within his field of expertise and at his age and occupational level was experienced as highly distressing . |
30 | Present evidence suggests that the numbers of the elderly who will find difficulties in looking after themselves will therefore increase : for example , about 20 per cent of the 80-and-over group are likely to suffer from dementia ( Grundy , 1986 ) . |