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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] difficult not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	It is difficult not to sympathise with the People for Birmingham 's scheme .
2	It is difficult not to sympathize with the frustrations of an obviously sincere cabinet member trying to remain loyal to the president while , at the same time , protecting the education service from the depre-dations of conservative extremists .
3	It is difficult not to agree with Nossal that such wastefulness is inherent in any system where consumer pressures predominate and is one of the less happy faces of market economics .
4	Although Hardy came to declare that no book of his had ever contained less of himself , it is difficult not to see in Jude a symbolic statement of all that he had found most disappointing in his life and in the human condition in general .
5	Occasional statistics sometimes throw light on the problem ; in 1875 Gladstone 's pamphlet on the Vatican Decrees sold 100,000 copies and it is difficult not to see in this a level of religious interest which later declined .
6	It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement .
7	It is difficult not to see in such debates a growing independence of science from biblical constraint .
8	It is difficult not to fall into the cliche trap when writing about 1992 and the Single European Market ( SEM ) .
9	It was difficult not looking at him , but she forced herself to show an interest in brushing her hair .
10	Then came the thought that Mrs Maybury had something vital to tell her , something which would help her to find Elaine — or Lilian ; it was difficult not to think of her as Elaine .
11	Though everyone was behind Sheehan as she strove to become only the thirteenth entrant to the Hall of Fame , it was difficult not to feel for Dawn Coe-Jones .