Example sentences of "how difficult it would " in BNC.
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| 1 | And imagine how difficult it would be to find a replacement with the same level of knowledge , experience , ability , authority or reputation . |
| 2 | We always knew how difficult it would be to replace any of us — people with our kinds of specialisation do n't grow on trees ! |
| 3 | You would have to eat about a dozen apples in order to obtain that average daily 5 oz of sugar from this source ; you can imagine how long that would take and how difficult it would be to eat all the remainder of your daily food . |
| 4 | Old ICM hands had nodded sagely and told us how difficult it would be to keep up the pace of attending the plenary , the working parties , the fringe meetings and the delegation briefings … and did we believe them ? |
| 5 | It is only necessary to reverse the meaning of the sentence to realize how difficult it would have been for Baldwin to have given a negative answer . |
| 6 | Estimate how difficult it would be for a compiler to generate efficient code for these three architectures . |
| 7 | He wondered how difficult it would be to make love with his arm in a sling . |
| 8 | The Belgrade conference on security and co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) of 1977–8 , designed to follow up the 1975 Helsinki decisions , proved how difficult it would be to break down East-West suspicions . |
| 9 | Johnson returned to this case now in Aberdeen , saying that even though he understood how difficult it would be to ensure accurate evidence , it still did not make it right that a murderer should go unpunished . |
| 10 | Nor did I realize how difficult it would be to face up to going back . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |