Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] is difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | A delicate building , it is so intricately decorated that it is difficult to tell which parts are original and which later modifications . |
| 2 | A recent British study , summarising the evidence on the financial characteristics of acquiring , acquired and non-acquired companies , concludes that it is difficult to distinguish between them . |
| 3 | For people of my generation , children of the sixties , sex and freedom are so inextricably connected that it is difficult for us to accept that someone can be totally uninhibited in bed and still have a Reader 's Digest mentality . |
| 4 | Under SSAP 24 and UITF 6 these long-term obligations are accounted for on a full provision basis , even though in many cases it is likely that they will continually roll over , and it has been argued that it is difficult to justify a prohibition , as SSAP 15 would otherwise require , on the related deferred tax being treated on a similar basis if it , too , continually rolls over . |
| 5 | Under SSAP 24 and UITF 6 these long-term obligations are accounted for on a full provision basis , even though in many cases it is likely that they will continually roll over ( ie as one obligation is settled another will arise ) and it has been argued that it is difficult to justify a prohibition , as SSAP 15 would otherwise require , on the related deferred tax being treated on a similar basis if it , too , continually rolls over . |
| 6 | Critics , however , have argued that it is difficult to envisage any conception of a state which does not incorporate a purposive quality . |
| 7 | In the context of geomorphology Clayton ( 1971 ) , himself a geographer progressed to environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia , has argued that it is difficult to achieve a balanced development across the two subjects of geography and geology that it depends upon , and Worsley ( 1979 ) particularly concerned for the diminishing resources available and the imminent policy of selective resource concentration argued : |
| 8 | In the case of the other three functions , it will be argued that it is difficult to see how they could be treated as separate : for example , the placement of tonic stress is closely linked to the presentation of ‘ new ’ information , while the question/statement distinction and the indication of contrast seem to be equally important in grammar and discourse . |
| 9 | Cawson 's arguments are persuasive , at least insofar as he confirms that it is difficult to conceive of any independent local corporatism , based on local classes and local producer groups . |
| 10 | When hon. Members read the fact sheet attached to my statement , they will see that it is difficult to compare like with like . |
| 11 | To read at sight whatever is submitted to him is child 's play … he makes me realize that it is difficult to guard against madness on seeing prodigies . |
| 12 | It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on . |
| 13 | A hyaena 's nasal membranes have a surface area fifty times bigger and the richness of the information they can gather is so great and varied that it is difficult for us to appreciate it . |
| 14 | Whilst illustrating that it is difficult to separate the recognition of a state from the recognition of a government of that state , this definition also shows that part of the function of a government of a state is to have relations with other states . |
| 15 | Hence the optimists believe that it is difficult to visualise circumstances better suited to a successful devaluation than the ones currently offered . |
| 16 | If you find that it is difficult to knit after the stitches are crossed , push up the back bed needle marked X on the row before the transfer the release the loop from this needle and put the needle into non-working position . |
| 17 | Anyone who has watched this being done will realise that it is difficult . |
| 18 | A spokesman for the bank stressed that it is difficult to identify the EIB 's specific contributions to heritage . |
| 19 | I recognise that it is difficult to balance interests . |
| 20 | Heading up high means that it is difficult for anyone to pass since you can always bear away down on to them , forcing them to sail in your dirty wind . |
| 21 | At the present time , the illiquidity of gamma stocks means that it is difficult to make a market in them , and also brokers find that they can not buy or sell without prices swinging widely in reaction . |
| 22 | XI , which implies that it is difficult to separate the loss by percolation from that due to leakage through lock gates and sluices . |
| 23 | I think that it is difficult to see under any clear complexion of government that our present holdings er , in newspapers , which are mainly the Financial Times which has a small erm , comparatively small circulation for a national newspaper and less than twenty percent in a television company would , would be affected by , by any government . |
| 24 | The Timber Trade Federation has admitted that it is difficult to define and verify sustainability , and there are signs that several major retailers are planning to cease making such claims . |
| 25 | Hilary Murphy explains that it is difficult to find new questions to reach the same answers . |
| 26 | Hilary Murphy explains that it is difficult to find new questions to reach the same answers . |
| 27 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is difficult to take Labour seriously on unemployment when under its policy inflation would rise following increases in public expenditure and our competitiveness in world markets would diminish ? |
| 28 | Does the hon. Gentleman really wish to imply that it is difficult for young children to buy cigarettes from a local corner shop ? |
| 29 | While most admit that it is difficult to draw hard and fast distinctions between constitutional types , others have actively rejected the constitutional-legal classification of states into federal and unitary as ultimately futile . |
| 30 | To say that it is difficult to get your client 's story into a national newspaper is an understatement . |