Example sentences of "[noun] it [is] [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As mentioned above , where a firm which wishes to retain its own identity has increased the number of its branch offices it is sometimes difficult to retain an acceptable degree of harmony between the component parts of the firm and the partners attached to each part . |
| 2 | As a result it is often difficult to analyse the errors of a probabilistic system in an effort to improve its performance . |
| 3 | In looking into the future it is always difficult to tell which changes are going to happen within the system as we know it ( democracy , capitalism , banks ) and which changes are going to alter the system — itself . |
| 4 | In practice it is often difficult to define bibliographical types in a way that gives a reliable guide to content , and the selector is best advised to look at each bibliography individually . |
| 5 | In practice it is very difficult to decide what is representative ; perhaps the best method is to make a general study of several sections from the same sequence before proceeding to detailed description and analysis . |
| 6 | In practice it is very difficult to get two such small nuclei to collide and fuse , in beams of billions most of them simply miss one another . |
| 7 | Although the method described above does give an explicit integral expression for V , in practice it is extremely difficult to evaluate this integral for arbitrary initial data . |
| 8 | Although , as we have seen , it is possible to step outside this framework , and find an alternative that seems to fit the life style of the person who has died better than a traditional church funeral , in practice it is extremely difficult to do this . |
| 9 | For example , in practice it is extremely difficult to make a brain lesion that entirely removes one part of the brain while leaving the rest intact ; they are either too large or too small . |
| 10 | In practice it is extraordinarily difficult to tear ourselves away from that tiny part of the situation which has attracted our attention and aroused our emotions , in order to consider the whole . |
| 11 | In practice it 's very difficult to measure the P H of sea water . |
| 12 | But in a highly stratified , caste-like society like Bali with a complex division of labour it is understandably difficult to maintain the Chewong-like idea of peaceful interaction between individuals . |
| 13 | erm however I always find with questionnaires it 's very difficult to predict what 's going to go wrong in advance so |
| 14 | Although ‘ breach of the peace ’ forms a cornerstone of public order law it is surprisingly difficult to say what the concept entails with any degree of precision . |
| 15 | In the case of an incomplete plan it is very difficult to fit in later what has been overlooked in the beginning . |
| 16 | However , because sulphur compounds are responsible for most of these effects it is very difficult to distinguish between the effects of pollution originating from local as opposed to distant sources ( refer to section 2.1 ) . |
| 17 | On the telephone it is more difficult to communicate accurate information and avoid misunderstandings . |
| 18 | Rather than trying to bluff your way through , it is better to say something like , ‘ Right at this moment it 's rather difficult to remember the exact details , could I possibly look over the advertisement again ? ’ |
| 19 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 20 | that in a shop it 's extremely difficult to go through all the |
| 21 | ‘ It is difficult to make the transition because the normal prerequisite of a finance director is that they must have had board level experience and as a financial controller reporting to a director it 's very difficult to get that . ’ |
| 22 | When the people involved in the interaction have conflicting objectives it is more difficult to reach agreement . |
| 23 | When considering the ‘ stars of the seasons ’ some allowances have to be made ; obviously the view from , say , Britain and the northern United States will be different from that in Southern Europe or the southern United States ; for example it is very difficult to see the Scorpion 's ‘ sting ’ from London , but easy enough from Athens or San Francisco . |
| 24 | In these terms it is very difficult to justify , for example , sending a member of staff on a training course . |
| 25 | On the whole , on the principle that the people who are not covered by union membership very often are people it 's very difficult to organise . |
| 26 | ( ii ) By contra-indications in the rent review clause It is extremely difficult to extract any coherent principles from the decisions of the court in relation to contra-indications in the rent review clause . |
| 27 | Indeed , sites which were generally successful often attracted organs of government to them , as was the case with the cities and major towns , but in these and other instances it is always difficult to distinguish the primary function once it has been overlaid or mixed with others . |
| 28 | In the early stages it is very difficult to fill up time . |
| 29 | In this case it is still difficult to appreciate the worth of the savings plan because we do n't think in 1900 prices when the sum of £1010 ( the amount gained in interest ) would have seemed like a fortune ! |
| 30 | In many cases it is extremely difficult to carry out tests under truly controlled conditions , because the external conditions are changing throughout the time period in question . |