Example sentences of "[adj] it [is] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond this it is difficult to go ; something was worth defending in this late period , but the archaeological evidence fails us . |
| 2 | You see , when you are working in plan like this it is difficult to bear in mind that machine table heights can work in your favour and they can also work against you . |
| 3 | The study , however , was dependent on teams volunteering to take part , and even without this it is difficult to imagine a design which would match teams on all dimensions . |
| 4 | These are generally considered unsuitable for modern treatment of the mentally ill , but so long as demand for beds is high it is difficult to do more than try to upgrade and improve them . |
| 5 | For some it is difficult to acknowledge love until they are sure they are loved in return . |
| 6 | As such it is difficult to do more than introduce some issues and concentrate only on the subset of issues that have figured most prominently in the public finance sub-discipline . |
| 7 | Before the mid-twenties it is difficult to obtain reliable information on a person 's priorities because the period of adolescence is all about sorting out parental peer group and personal goals . |
| 8 | However , during the 1680s and 1690s it is difficult to distinguish his parliamentary activities from those of his younger but politically more significant cousin , Sir John Lowther of Lowther , first Viscount Lonsdale [ q.v . ] , |
| 9 | Without this revival before 1914 it is difficult to see how the parry could have survived the ten turbulent years that followed . |
| 10 | Because coeliac disease may be asymptomatic it is difficult to prove that a monoclonal lymphocytic intestinal infiltrate can develop in previously normal bowel . |
| 11 | At first it is difficult to think of anything except apples and oranges ! |
| 12 | At first it is difficult to know exactly where the film is going , either as a thriller or a romance . |
| 13 | A lot of aggressive publicity and marketing surrounds funboard design , and for the uninitiated it is difficult to understand what is going on . |
| 14 | After 1850 it is difficult to think of any kings who were great patrons of the arts , except mad ones like Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1864–86 ) , any noble magnates who were great collectors of art , except eccentrics . |
| 15 | If the level of distortion is very low it is difficult to separate distortion from noise . |
| 16 | You may say that it is refutable and so it is empirical ; but then — see below — our criteria for cognisance are so much bound up with what the subject can do that it is difficult to see how we could assess the cognisance of a totally passive creature . ) |
| 17 | This is because they 're no good fur falconry proper — you can train them to fly free and return to you , but as they 're nocturnal it 's difficult to train them to hunt under ‘ controlled conditions ’ , particularly if you want to do displays for the public . |
| 18 | The mirror is dirty it 's difficult to see anything clearly in it . |
| 19 | The mirror is dirty it 's difficult to see anything very clearly in it . |
| 20 | The mirror is dirty it is difficult to see anything clearly in it . |
| 21 | The mirror is dirty it is difficult to see anything clearly in it . |
| 22 | However , if the tribunal had implied similar words into Sec 24 it is difficult to see why it found the reason for the dismissal was , in fact , ‘ some other substantial reason ’ , viz , the conviction . |
| 23 | But for most it is difficult to imagine that minerals may also have consciousness . |
| 24 | Since such information will differ from one drive to the next it is difficult to assess the role which this variable information plays in memory . |