Example sentences of "[vb pp] it difficult for " in BNC.

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1 Low pay has made it difficult for HMIP to recruit and keep adequately qualified staff .
2 I fear the Tory tabloids have made it difficult for those of us anti-Leftists who consider ourselves to be of a more reflective disposition .
3 The attitude of the church has made it difficult for governments to openly promote birth-control programs , that do anything more than advocate natural methods .
4 He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since .
5 Competition amongst producers of commercial PC software has made it difficult for shareware authors to significantly undercut them and still charge a worthwhile amount for their products .
6 My friends have also made it difficult for me , but the world has n't come to an end . ’
7 And the severity of the recession has made it difficult for those companies that have reached the end of the five-year period to find an exit route for their BES investors .
8 This is a small-scale or unofficial credit union where people group together to help each other with major purchases , though we heard that the current rate of inflation has made it difficult for such groups to attract support .
9 Subdued housing market turnover since the end of 1988 has also made it difficult for borrowers to clear arrears by trading down , and some may have thought it in their best interests to default once their mortgages exceeded the value of their homes — although the borrower in this situation still remains legally liable for any outstanding debt after the property has been sold .
10 This has made it difficult for Britain to compete on the world market , and this in turn has eventually led to a worse slump and level of unemployment than would otherwise have been the case had there been no political intervention in the working of the naturally self-regulating free economy of the market .
11 Their growth is partly a response to the falling numbers of secondary pupils , which has made it difficult for many smaller schools to make up viable sixth form classes in less-popular A level subjects .
12 Which had made it difficult for her to stifle her irreverent giggles , particularly with Matey 's severe stare on her .
13 The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need .
14 Trying to pick up the pieces of his life , he says his experiences have made it difficult for him to trust anybody .
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