Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adv] difficult for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem that it is particularly difficult for older children ( over twelve ) , institutionalised children , or children with behaviour or severe learning difficulties , to settle in new families , at least without serious and lasting problems . |
| 2 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
| 3 | But even in those circumstances the new rules hopefully should make sure that it is more difficult for managements to buy companies on the cheap from under the noses of their shareholders . |
| 4 | Through clientelism , the allegiance of the peasant is to his patron rather than to other peasants , so that it is more difficult for solidarity between those in the peasant class to develop . |
| 5 | Not all transmitters excite the post synaptic membrane , some inhibit it so that it is more difficult for it to carry an impulse . |
| 6 | Gerry Walker from AFF told last week 's conference that it is very difficult for local and central government to monitor all waters continuously . |
| 7 | But critics say that the project failed to recognize the diversity of the US scientific community and that it is very difficult for any non-governmental group to bring about significant and lasting change . |
| 8 | However , it is important to realise that it is very difficult for a speaker to make a syllable louder without changing other characteristics of the syllable such as those explained below ( ii-iv ) ; if one literally changes only the loudness , the perceptual effect is not very strong . |
| 9 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 10 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 11 | In any French town of any size at all we find perhaps three or four rival charcutiers displaying trays of shining olives , black and green , large and small , pickled gherkins , capers , home-made mayonnaise grated carrot salad , shredded celeriac in rémoulade sauce , several sorts of tomato salad , sweet-sour onions , champignons à la Grecque , ox or pig 's muzzle finely sliced and dressed with a vinaigrette sauce and fresh parsley , a salad of mussels , another of cervelas sausage ; several kinds of pork pâté ; sausages for grilling , sausages for boiling , sausages for hors-d'oeuvre , flat sausages called cré pinettes for baking or frying , salt pork to enrich stews and soups and vegetable dishes , pigs ' trotters ready cooked and breadcrumbed , so that all you need to do is to take them home and grill them ; cooked ham , raw ham , a galantine of tongue , cold pork and veal roasts , boned stuffed ducks and chickens So it is n't difficult for the housewife in a hurry to buy a little selection , however modest , of these things from the charcuterie , and plus her own imagination and something she has perhaps already in the larder to serve an appetizing and fresh little mixed hors-d'oeuvre . |
| 12 | Few visitors are welcome in Indian prisons , and it is particularly difficult for foreigners to achieve access . |
| 13 | Knoydart is a closed book for motorists and for all except walkers equipped with map and compass — and it is even difficult for strong walkers . |
| 14 | The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century . |
| 15 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 16 | The current rate of increase in the number of books , periodicals and learned journals being published is exponential and it is very difficult for a student to keep abreast of developments in a particular field . |
| 17 | The Chalice can be empty if it is too difficult for friends to carry with wine in it . |
| 18 | The fact that her husband was having a homosexual relationship does not come as a surprise but it is more difficult for Blanche to accept because he needed help but she caused his death by saying that he ‘ disgusted ’ her . |
| 19 | We do it innocently , without wishing the cat any harm , but it is sometimes difficult for the animal to appreciate this . |
| 20 | Nevertheless this is a major weakness of the paper , as it is notoriously difficult for those seeking compensation to resolve their internal conflicts whilst litigation is still in progress . |
| 21 | As it is often difficult for users to give accurate references to the area of software to which their report applies , the nominated user depends on any software issues or modules referenced by the SPR . |
| 22 | As it is often difficult for users to give accurate references to the area of software to which their report applies , the nominated user depends on any software issues or modules referenced by the SPR . |
| 23 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |