Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mullineux does not make it clear , however , what the advantages would be of dismantling the Bank of England and the major functions being carried out by the private sector , indeed it is difficult to see of any real benefits , although the disadvantages could be major . |
| 2 | If we wonder why it is not generally recognised that there are , besides verbal propositions composed of words , mental ones composed of ideas , an explanation is readily available : ‘ it is very difficult to treat of them asunder . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is difficult to conceive of a surgical technique that would allow implantation and removal , with equal rapidity , in a blood contact situation . |
| 5 | It is difficult to conceive of such thinking taking place without the growth and development of intellectual ability . |
| 6 | In the case of the conscientious war-tax protester it is difficult to conceive of any such competing right which may be plausibly argued against them since their action neither threatens direct violence to others nor does it appear significantly to increase the risk of violent attack from elsewhere . |
| 7 | Volume shipments will start in July , at $1,231 apiece for quantities of over 10,000 — although it 's difficult to conceive of any third party able to forecast that it will ship 10,000 machines during the lifetime of the chip , and even the most optimistic parallel processor builder could hardly hope to ship that many nodes in any foreseeable time-frame . |
| 8 | The point is not simply that we can identify status from speech if we wish to , such as with the clever elaborations developed on radio ; rather , that it is difficult to conceive of an utterance in English in which this is not the case . |
| 9 | This immigration was so great , that it is difficult to conceive of a ‘ Northumbrian ’ culture , other than as a middle-class construct . |
| 10 | I find it difficult to conceive of a situation where it would be a proper exercise of the jurisdiction to make an order positively requiring a doctor to adopt a particular course of treatment in relation to a child , unless the doctor himself or herself were asking the court to make such an order . |
| 11 | I find it equally difficult to conceive of a case where the court , faced with this problem and applying the approach I have indicated above , would authorise an abortion against the wishes of a mentally competent 16-year-old . |
| 12 | It is indeed difficult to conceive of bad faith which would not automatically render applicable one of the two traditional control mechanisms . |
| 13 | We do not try to put them into a common framework , and it is difficult to conceive of any satisfactory empirical tests . |
| 14 | ‘ Just as it is now difficult to conceive of marketing without measurement , a PR agency seeking to change the perception of its clients … will begin by quantifying the scale of the problem … and the effect of its activities over time . ’ |
| 15 | I mean so short that it would be difficult to conceive of . |
| 16 | Some seepages can be sampled if there is a noticeable flow , but many are so insubstantial in quantity that sampling is not possible and it becomes difficult to talk of a ‘ discharge ’ . |
| 17 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 18 | It is difficult to think of any comparable tribute from a cardinal to a journalist , still less to a woman . |
| 19 | Apart from Nigel Lawson , Nicholas Ridley , Cecil Parkinson , and Sir Geoffrey Howe , it was difficult to think of other Cabinet ministers who would be regarded as economically ‘ dry ’ or ideologically ‘ Thatcherite ’ , and both Lawson and Sir Geoffrey had well-publicized differences of opinion with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 20 | Parliament is the arena in which British political leaders are recruited and it is difficult to think of a successful Prime Minister who has not been able to command the House of Commons . |
| 21 | By the end of that Test they were two down with two to play , and it is difficult to think of any England tour where such a low point had been reached . |
| 22 | It had the added refinement of being fully automatic — still uncommon with diesels — and it was difficult to think of a better car for relaxed and economical touring . |
| 23 | It is not difficult to think of other examples — the man who takes up golf to be seen with the ‘ right sort of people ’ the competitor more interested in the prize than the process of winning it ; the senior common-room member who can not converse without showing off . |
| 24 | It is difficult to think of more threatening language than to say that political union must be accepted if countries wish to avoid being dominated . |
| 25 | It is difficult to think of a less appropriate analogy . |
| 26 | It is difficult to think of anything more politically dangerous or undemocratic . |
| 27 | If this is what the Common European Home stands for , so enthusiastically embraced by the Germans on the occasion of Gorbachev 's visit to Bonn in June 1989 , then it is difficult to think of a more decisive rejection of the values of the Atlantic alliance . |
| 28 | I have argued above that the absence of an international standard such as is provided for cinema by Hollywood makes it difficult to think of a classical system for television . |
| 29 | Even within national systems , the structure of the television schedules , and the different interpretations which are given to different injunctions — with different degrees of force — to inform , entertain and educate , make it difficult to think of television as a single formal system . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is difficult to think of the expression of any ideas that does not reveal a moral attitude . |