Example sentences of "[conj] it would [be] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics . |
| 2 | This could be done by heating it ( although it would be difficult to avoid heating the other layers as well ) , but the layer reacts more quickly if an applied voltage between s1 and s2 rapidly increases the power density inside the material . |
| 3 | The Law Commission admitted that it would be difficult to cope with this , and the UCTA does not do so . |
| 4 | He judged that it would be difficult to persuade readers of the artistry of Klee 's art , which appeared similar to children 's drawings , so he stressed the work 's imaginative content . |
| 5 | But I knew that it would be difficult to persuade Jimbo that he had to work at the exercises : yet if the treatment were to succeed , it had to be him — Jimbo himself — who , in the end , would reopen the pathway of nerves between brain and muscle . |
| 6 | Veblen ( 1922 , p. 237 ) , in his ‘ theory of the leisure class ’ , has drawn attention to the fact that it would be difficult to argue that we are ‘ naturally ’ inhibited against committing crimes because they have adverse consequences for others , since conventional and respected activities ( such as private entrepreneurship ) often manifest identical qualities : |
| 7 | For example , fugato is so closely associated with the old oratorio style that it would be difficult to use this contrapuntal technique at all without evoking such an atmosphere . |
| 8 | However , influenced by the fact that the deterrence policy is firmly adhered to by the governments of the superpowers and has some political acceptability , and that the traditional doctrine of the laws of war did not apply to preparation for war , his eventual conclusion is that it would be difficult to state that any measures short of use are illegal . |
| 9 | However , some argued that it would be difficult to include the voluntary and direct grant colleges in such a body and that national planning would thereby be more complex . |
| 10 | Ministers also accept that it would be difficult to allow competing services into each London rail terminal . |
| 11 | There is a strong feeling against opening a special clinic in the city of Luxembourg itself , because of fears that it would be difficult to preserve anonymity . |
| 12 | Sean decided to take the money because he realised that it would be difficult to live with no money . |
| 13 | Pellet structure must therefore be seen as an extremely variable character , and one that it would be difficult to quantify in any meaningful way . |
| 14 | Potential thieves are put off because they can see that it would be difficult to steal the car . |
| 15 | It seems improbable that donors will be motivated to give time or money to a profit-making hospital or home , on the grounds that it would be difficult to ensure that the patients or residents received the benefit , not the owner . |
| 16 | The examination by Mr. Griffith-Jones 's sub-sub-committee , mentioned in paragraph 3 , showed also that it would be difficult to frame an indictment charging theft by false pretences . |
| 17 | Despite this 30% replied that it would be difficult to get away — especially for those in urban employment . |
| 18 | have a capital programme in obviously the sense that it would be difficult to get that suggest . |
| 19 | I pointed out that it would be difficult to find a moment out of time , even if I could wait for it , and could she find someone who would know ? |
| 20 | Lord Harris admits Robertson has ‘ some weaknesses that , if not curbed , could totally cancel out his strengths ’ , but he defended him before the academic advisory council , on the grounds that he had not been sufficiently protected by guidelines , and that it would be difficult to find a replacement with his many gifts . |
| 21 | The Institute admits that it would be difficult to legislate on the personal integrity of trustees and knowledge of their duties , but suggests that there should be a ‘ fit and proper test ’ and appropriate training for trustees . |
| 22 | I mean so short that it would be difficult to conceive of . |
| 23 | Although it might be thought that it would be difficult to capture the phenomenon of union growth across a number of countries on the basis of a single behavioural equation of this kind without making allowances for additional socio-political factors , or resorting to ad hoc explanations for individual countries , in fact the model performs surprisingly well . |
| 24 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 25 | When 5 Corps had first been informed by Gen Schmidt-Richberg of the approach of 600,000 Germans and Croats to the southern edge of the Corps area on the evening of 13 May , it had been assumed that this huge mass of fugitives was on the verge of entering Austria and that it would be difficult to prevent all of them from doing so . |
| 26 | I strained to hear , and had just decided that it would be difficult to hear an idling motor over the lap and rush of the sea in the channel , when I saw the light . |
| 27 | The law is so rigorous and so thorough that it would be difficult to misunderstand the import of the statutory legislation which governs the property of the Palestinian Arabs who fled their homes in 1948 and who — by the same law — can not return . |
| 28 | Local adjudication offices could not assess individuals and it would be difficult to decide why Mrs. Y should get a top-up but Mrs. X should not . |
| 29 | De la Mare felt Limb could not be received because it was British policy to sustain the Moscow agreement and it would be difficult to see the representative of a leading opponent of the government . |
| 30 | In some cases , such as defence or law and order , we all stand to benefit from the service and it would be difficult to envisage how it could be financed other than out of direct taxation . |