Example sentences of "is [adv] difficult say " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 2 | The criterion of land under cultivation is crude , and resists refinement : it is exceedingly difficult to say whether in a particular country in a particular decade or generation the rate of growth was steady ; in some places at some times there may well have been local and temporary declines . |
| 3 | It is extremely difficult to say in advance whether or not any particular action or series of actions will be regarded as disorderly conduct . |
| 4 | The latter version may be more logically correct , but it jars on the ears , and is more difficult to say . |
| 5 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 6 | Influenced is more difficult to say . |
| 7 | The broken , Monkish phrases , lean , understated tone with a faint quaver to it , and unerring sense of placement are to be heard on five Monk tunes , and the trumpeter , Don Cherry — a musician of whom it is distinctly difficult to say you know what is coming next — is available on some of them . |
| 8 | It is also difficult to say whether a change at the top would affect the Direction des Musées de France at the heart of the Ministry of Culture . |
| 9 | It is even difficult to say that a very rich person could be compensated in money terms ; thus , however heinous the libel , such a person should get not more than a nominal sum and his costs . |
| 10 | Although ‘ breach of the peace ’ forms a cornerstone of public order law it is surprisingly difficult to say what the concept entails with any degree of precision . |
| 11 | Describing Bell Lawrie as ‘ old friends of ours ’ , Brewin 's managing director , John Hall said yesterday : ‘ We are at the moment in negotiations , but it is pretty difficult to say too much until it is clear where we are going . ’ |
| 12 | It is very difficult to say . |
| 13 | ‘ It is possible that this incident might be linked with them , but it is very difficult to say . ’ |
| 14 | It is very difficult to say what part was played in these processes by notions of duty to assist kin , but the significance of the principle of mutual advantage , in understanding fluctuations in household composition , rather challenges the idea that people took relatives into their own home solely out of a sense of obligation towards them . |
| 15 | It is very difficult to say . |
| 16 | It is very difficult to say with certainty what they were at any particular moment . |