Example sentences of "[subord] it is very difficult [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is very difficult to analyse soil systems quantitatively using this approach , a number of attempts have been made to solve the state factor equations and these have been reviewed by Yaalon ( 1975 ) .
2 The conclusion that DCF is correct conceptually and , contrary to the arguments of Hayes and Garvin , Hill , and others , does not have a short-run bias may not be very useful practically if it is very difficult to estimate the future benefits to be derived from the project in cash-flow terms .
3 I say ‘ perhaps ’ because it is very difficult to put one 's finger on the difference .
4 Of course we only support a tiny proportion of the proposals put to us , mainly because it is very difficult to create new and revolutionary approaches .
5 Generalisations about working-class attitudes to sexuality should not be easily drawn , precisely because it is very difficult to enter into the subjective and customary meanings .
6 Since it is very difficult to lay down the conditions for deciding where the boundaries between tone-units exist , the discussion of this matter must wait until later .
7 Assuming they do , then the following month the sandstorms begin , when it is very difficult to fight , especially in chemical warfare kit .
8 Even though it is very difficult to observe spontaneous proton decay , it may be that our very existence is a consequence of the reverse process , the production of protons , or more simply , of quarks , from an initial situation in which there were no more quarks than antiquarks , which is the most natural way to imagine the universe starting out .
9 Unless you live in a warm climate a wet suit will be a necessity , as it is very difficult to learn anything if you are cold and shivering .
10 For it is very difficult to specify just how falsifiable a single theory is .
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