Example sentences of "it difficult [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Powell 's lofty academic style made it difficult for him to approach MPs . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When Beattie tried to hold evangelistic meetings in Hillsborough , he found the Church of Ireland aristocracy who controlled the parish council using planning laws to make it difficult for him to get a site . |
| 4 | The second type is where the child has a disability which prevents or makes it difficult for him or her to make use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided in schools — within the LEA 's area — for children of his/her age . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I hope it will work but I have found that his natural impetuousness and importunity make it difficult for him to stick to any procedure ! |
| 7 | His left Achilles tendon became badly shortened , making it difficult for him to put his foot to the floor , and he had a strong positive supporting reaction in his foot . |
| 8 | He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The rain had almost stopped , but various projections over the pavement in Fleet Street dripped on Dyson as he passed , wetting the lenses of his spectacles and making it difficult for him to see where he was going . |
| 13 | He knows we could make it difficult for him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's well known that Maurice likes a night out but the media attention he gets in Britain makes it difficult for him to enjoy it . |
| 16 | That lack of leadership makes it difficult for him to do other than cavil at our figures . |
| 17 | Trying to pick up the pieces of his life , he says his experiences have made it difficult for him to trust anybody . |