Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand I felt I could scarcely ask you to wait while I dealt with the strawboard — you were by this time I think just on the verge of a few conventional politenesses about my work , an awkward stage in conversations of this sort which is difficult to endure gracefully but which is even more difficult to interrupt . |
| 2 | We also have an oxyacetylene torch , which is rather more difficult to use under water than most people imagine , but as this is just a reconnaissance trip we wo n't be taking it along . |
| 3 | It is caused by a bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi , which is often very difficult to grow in the laboratory and correspondingly hard to find in the lesions themselves . |
| 4 | To achieve complete combustion , in most cases , high temperatures in the order of 600–900°C , for not less than 0.3 seconds are required , in order to ignite and burn the odorous gases before they form the fine carbon of black smoke which is far more difficult to burn . |
| 5 | It is rather more difficult to categorise the nature of processing at the tactical and strategical levels , even within the relatively simple dichotomy between controlled and automatic processes . |
| 6 | It is also important to examine the throat for the presence of gonococci ( by cultural methods ) , since , not only may it be the only site involved , but it is rather more difficult to eradicate the infection from this place . |
| 7 | it gives children the chance to practise varieties of language in different situations and to use a variety of functions of language which it is otherwise more difficult to practise : questioning , challenging , complaining etc. ; |
| 8 | It is thus more difficult to distinguish Σ and Π vibrations using the Raman bands , as we would have to detect the presence of P and R branches with spacings of 2B as well as the O and S branches with spacings of 4B . |
| 9 | Both class relations and gender relations , while they exist within their own histories , can nevertheless be so closely interwoven that it is theoretically very difficult to draw them apart within specific historic conjunctures . |
| 10 | Yet , if it is difficult to be a vocal composer , it is even more difficult to say what should be done . |
| 11 | They hope that it will sort itself out with time — it is even more difficult to ask a second time . |
| 12 | It is even more difficult to grasp as non-idealist the categories of dialectical materialism ; ‘ capital ’ , ‘ labour ’ and ‘ value ’ . |
| 13 | With the St Petersburg Philharmonic , I would say it is even more difficult to improve the situation — to improve what 15 years ago with Mravinsky was normal , high quality . |
| 14 | The more complex correspondence is left until later , sometimes very much later , when of course it is even more difficult to deal with because of the delay . |
| 15 | It is even more difficult to find the boundary in front of the wicket since ‘ the sweepers ’ are out on the mid-wicket and cover boundaries , cutting off the strokes which penetrate the inner ring of fieldsmen before they reach the ropes . |
| 16 | But it is even more difficult to get a shop allotted . |
| 17 | It is even more difficult to achieve at grassroots level , especially in those minefields with which both parties are well provided in countries such as Ukraine . |
| 18 | It is probably more difficult to explain to someone who is used to being in a position of authority . |
| 19 | It is clearly very difficult to say how much of this discrimination is the result of policy decisions by employers . |
| 20 | It is clearly very difficult to provide an economic service to provide for such peaks and troughs in demands , and so most attempts to ameliorate the decline in rural public transport have tried to be ‘ user-specific ’ or to use ‘ spare capacity ’ on services already in existence . |
| 21 | If a covenant goes further than necessary to protect the value of the transferred business , it is conceptually very difficult to see how there will be scope for exemption under Article 85(3) . |
| 22 | It is also surprisingly difficult to hold accurate heading during a full airbrake sideslipping approach . |
| 23 | It is also particularly difficult to discover your place in a speech after you have been looking up at the audience . |
| 24 | It is also very difficult to say how successful this would be within the current recognition system . |
| 25 | It is also very difficult to use the particular form of the artefact , or the style of decoration , when present , to determine the mechanisms involved in their production and dispersal ; the factors determining similarity between artefacts beyond learned tradition and functionality are barely understood . |
| 26 | It is also very difficult to get . |
| 27 | It is also extremely difficult to find a book addressed to you if you are one of the younger girls suffering from an eating disorder . |
| 28 | Although there is no generally agreed definition of a second home ( virtually every study provides its own ) it is methodologically very difficult to locate them , and the numbers of homes fluctuate wildly from year to year ( Shucksmith , 1983 ) . |
| 29 | The number on the register is far greater than the number formerly liable for domestic rates — one reason for the introduction of the new system — and it is correspondingly more difficult to prevent non-registration and evasion . |
| 30 | It is obviously more difficult to set aside time for meal planning if you happen to be going through a heavy time at work . |