Example sentences of "difficult [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was more difficult than it sounded since he did not keep either regular or normal hours . |
| 2 | This is a good deal more difficult than it sounds , as small pieces of fluff and hairs always seem to appear from thin air by the million and float down on to the glass ! |
| 3 | This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) . |
| 4 | Planning the appointment of a language tutor in advance can be more difficult than it sounds . |
| 5 | But the DoE found the Whitehall struggle more difficult than it had supposed . |
| 6 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 7 | He learnt one thing : ‘ that to paint in watercolour is far more difficult than it looks . ’ |
| 8 | Conflicting demands and timescales also made the project more difficult than it needed to be . |
| 9 | Now admittedly in practice , measuring reproductive success is a damn sight more difficult than it seems . |
| 10 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 11 | I I I sir that we we may be able to erm argue that here today it may be very difficult once it 's established , especially in the public mind that that that there is that there E two land I fear would be not only interpreted unless there 's some justification for me saying this because that 's what it says in the in the in the Harrogate Rural Areas Plan . |
| 12 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 13 | Six to eight men hauled the Durham wagon round the streets — they said it was easier to move than it looked , as once it was rolling it was not difficult until it had to be stopped ! |
| 14 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 15 | A government committed to a sustained reduction in the growth of the money supply over a number of years will find this very difficult unless it restricts the size of the public-sector deficit . |
| 16 | Mr Morrison says that he took on the job ‘ because they said that it would be difficult but it had to be done and that 's what appealed to me ’ . |
| 17 | But the peculiar nature of the relationship between women and men means that women 's struggle for liberation is particularly delicate and difficult because it involves the most intimate facets of life and affects social and personal relations within the family . |
| 18 | This is very difficult because it means er it is a potential threat as it were to the countryside of the county . |
| 19 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 20 | An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force . |
| 21 | The new tariff also made payment of war debts by European countries to the USA more difficult since it prevented them from selling more goods to America than they bought from the new world . |
| 22 | While this makes it easier for the acoustic-phonetic component to guarantee the inclusion of the target phoneme , the task of the syntax/semantic component is made considerably more difficult since it has to choose from many more word candidates . |
| 23 | The problem is most difficult when it comes to the supplier 's sales and marketing people gaining access to decision-makers . |
| 24 | It may take a little practice , there may be a telephone box or a house or two to remove but it 's not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 25 | Not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 26 | This really is not as difficult as it sounds as the strong lights black out the background and the cameras are surprisingly easy to ignore . |
| 27 | It may be that the only times the parents show joint concern is when the child misbehaves and so the child continues to be difficult as it keeps the family together . |
| 28 | The problem may not , however , be as difficult as it seems . |
| 29 | If a problem ( or a proof ) seems too difficult as it stands one can try looking at a special or simpler case . |
| 30 | And because of its reduced nasal cavities it may find breathing increasingly difficult as it grows older . |