Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] difficult [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Many transracial adopters find it difficult to refer to the child as black , and moreover they feel , as we have seen , that telling the child about his or her ethnic origin is potentially dangerous ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 130 ) .
2 The familiar fraction " ½ " " is a much more common answer for lower attainers than 0.5 , and in the section on number it was evident that many pupils find it difficult to go from the fraction to the decimal even in this the most familiar case .
3 Carers often find it difficult to cope with the problem of feeding the patient .
4 It is when morale is very low that we find it difficult to cope with the problems and difficulties of life , and when counselling can become vitally important .
5 Students often find it difficult to move from the approach and conceptual basis of one subject to the other .
6 It would mean a more equitable geographical distribution of such clinics ; transport facilities provided for those mothers who , because of distance or number of children , find it difficult to get to the clinic ; more concerted educational campaigns to inform mothers of the use and role of such clinics ; the harsh attitudes of some health visitors and other professionals towards ‘ inadequate ’ mothers must be changed where they exist ; and so on .
7 Is anti-monopoly legislation of no value because monopolies find it difficult to survive in the long run ?
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