Example sentences of "[noun] it is difficult [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result it is difficult for them to make business contacts . |
| 2 | In practice it is difficult to accurately measure such a small drop , and weight does fluctuate a little anyway from day to day . |
| 3 | However , with such a large clutch it is difficult for her to maintain all her eggs at exactly the same temperature . |
| 4 | On balance the Tory ideas on the National Health Service and on the state system of education seem preferable to those of Labour , but without being an expert it is difficult to be sure . |
| 5 | As every parent knows , children 's eating habits can be unpredictable and when your child is away from home it is difficult to be sure what they are eating . |
| 6 | Policies have their conditions and we try to make them as user friendly as possible but if people do not read conditions it is difficult for us to say we will ignore those conditions . ’ |
| 7 | In the absence of a greater range of evidence it is difficult to be certain about how representative the Sutton Hoo mound 1 boat is of the range of ship types . |
| 8 | It is variable , but never quite reaches naked-eye visibility ; at minimum it is difficult with × 7 . |
| 9 | Despite the common cause announced in the introduction to the volume it is difficult in the present state of the art to see how the different methods and purposes can be said to constitute a unified and coherent approach to the literary text and thus to conceive of literary pragmatics as an " antidote to the fragmented specialization so characteristic of the humanities in the 20th century " ( dust jacket ) . |
| 10 | It may suit some English commentators to think of the IRA as only a terrorist force rather than the Irish Republican Army because the acronym represents the IRA as shadowy forces of savagery and evil , which by definition it is difficult for the civilised good to understand . |
| 11 | In comparison with the constitutions of other countries in Europe it is difficult in Britain to substantiate the charge of excessive domination of the executive over a legislature . |
| 12 | At present it is difficult for users of league tables to satisfy themselves of the validity of the estimates of benefit used once these estimates have been concealed in a league table . |
| 13 | And under the present present planning framework it is difficult for us to do . |
| 14 | In the field it is difficult to be exact when filling so the burning time of the tank will vary . |
| 15 | No doubt it is difficult for young people now to appreciate the complexities and the rigidities of the social structure in colonial days . |
| 16 | However , once in the system it is difficult for him to move to higher-paid employment in another industry , for he would also have to find housing elsewhere for himself and his family . |