Example sentences of "since it [is] difficult [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Its programmes are much the most susceptible to ‘ salami slicing ’ , since it is difficult to claim that the end of the world will come if the Army receives , say , ninety instead of a hundred tank replacements in a particular year .
2 As a critical or psychological judgement it is meaningless , since it is difficult to see how a conductor can reveal private soul-searching whilst recording the overture to Die Fledermaus or Beethoven 's Seventh Symphony , short , that is , of transposing each piece into the minor and playing it at half speed .
3 But there is also a practical and political problem , since it is difficult to see how such a theory could speak in any way to the practical or material concerns of women .
4 Since it is difficult to predict how rainfall will alter , it is uncertain which countries will benefit and which will suffer .
5 However , since it is difficult to turn an autocrat into a democrat , or vice versa — ie. since a leopard can not change its spots …
6 Inevitably the analysis is relatively crude since it is difficult to gather data about the financial circumstances of dementia sufferers or about the total amount of care provided for them in the community .
7 In infections with adult worms , the eggs will be found in faeces , but since it is difficult to distinguish these from Heterakis eggs , confirmation must be made by post-mortemm examination of a casualty when the large white worms will be found .
8 To obtain a low resonant frequency , the inductance has to be very large since it is difficult to achieve very high capacitance .
9 This being said , it is extremely difficult to assess whether net environmental quality is being maintained or improved , since it is difficult to know what value future generations will place on the environments that will be damaged under MPG6 in order to feed development demands .
10 This being said , it is extremely difficult to assess whether net environmental quality is being maintained or improved , since it is difficult to know what value future generations will place on the environments that will be damaged under MPG6 in order to feed development demands .
11 He is sensitive to the problem of testing the thesis since it is difficult to separate out the influence of parties and politicians from that of other institutions , groups , interests , and the whole context of economic policy-making .
12 There is no easy solution to this one , other than doing the first ones at a safe altitude , which means at some speed since it is difficult to fly slowly at any height or distance .
13 The problem is magnified when handwriting is cursive , since it is difficult to tell where one character finishes and another starts .
14 Since it is difficult to find independent evidence with which to test the interpretations of their own past offered by Greek historians , we can not know whether they were ‘ really ’ being exceptionally ‘ rational ’ and ‘ scientific ’ .
15 The report admitted : ‘ There are problems associated with this since it is difficult to ensure that feral pigeons only are taken since some birds may be ringed and belong to pigeon fanciers .
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