Example sentences of "[adv] it [is] difficult [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes it is difficult to penetrate beyond aesthetic appreciation .
2 If your dog is desperate to relieve itself while you are on a train journey , for example , and starts to whine , then it is difficult to deal with this situation .
3 If this is what the Common European Home stands for , so enthusiastically embraced by the Germans on the occasion of Gorbachev 's visit to Bonn in June 1989 , then it is difficult to think of a more decisive rejection of the values of the Atlantic alliance .
4 Mullineux does not make it clear , however , what the advantages would be of dismantling the Bank of England and the major functions being carried out by the private sector , indeed it is difficult to see of any real benefits , although the disadvantages could be major .
5 In both therefore it is difficult to speak of political life or political problems except in a limited and rudimentary sense .
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