Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] difficult not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , we originally , my wife and I , come from Scotland , and when you get people ringing up from er Scotland saying , well we 're just passing through en route to Paris , or Amsterdam , or somewhere , can we stay with you for a couple of days , it 's very difficult not to say , er , well , I 'm busy is n't it really , and you , you 've got to accept them really ? |
| 2 | Although it 's very difficult not to accept it I feel it was because of David I got it . ’ |
| 3 | In fact , as a social scientist it is frequently difficult not to make this son of assumption ( for a discussion of the analogy between psychology and photography , as well as the power relations between photographer and subject , see Beloff , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Indeed , Gassendi acknowledges that ‘ in this matter it is especially difficult not to write satirically ’ . |
| 5 | It is very difficult not to want the best for your child . |
| 6 | It is so difficult not to make it sound so appallingly emotional . |
| 7 | Although Almond and Verba drew attention to some of the inconsistencies and problems inherent in the civic culture , it was nonetheless difficult not to ascribe positive connotations to that culture . |
| 8 | As he plunged his fork into the confection Therese reflected that it was very difficult not to like a man who enjoyed life as much as Willi Zimmermann . |
| 9 | Each repeated the other 's remarks and on the couple of occasions that I went there when Sparks were crowded out , I found that it was extremely difficult not to laugh . |