Example sentences of "[is] [adv] difficult [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That 's rather difficult for me to explain . ’
2 It 's just that I am so evil and perverted and encrusted with slime that it 's rather difficult for me to remember the fact . ’
3 ‘ It 's rather difficult for me to show my face at Brigade H.Q at the moment , ’ I replied .
4 It 's extremely difficult for me to think of women as people who do not work ; their work , moreover , is visible and comprehensible ; they can explain , or show to children what they do and how — unlike men , whose process of getting money is mysterious and hidden from view .
5 Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs .
6 Not all transmitters excite the post synaptic membrane , some inhibit it so that it is more difficult for it to carry an impulse .
7 It was a dismal yet necessary task , and whilst one can imagine a young woman 's producing such items for herself and her future husband , it is more difficult for us to accept that she probably also fashioned one or two smaller versions at the same time , for infant mortality was high .
8 ‘ It 's not surprising it 's often difficult for them to develop a strategy which extends outside their individual project .
9 It 's really difficult for me to measure these sorts of things , but if you stop and look at him , he must have been in pain .
10 If you have a problem which is too difficult for you to resolve on your own then as an RCN member you have the choice of going to your local steward , the convenor or any other branch officers , or to full-time officers based at the RCN office for your region .
11 One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating .
12 One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating .
13 ‘ In truth , sir , it is very difficult for me to judge , ’ she said , ‘ owing to the fact I have never met any people like you before . ’
14 Three letter words is very difficult for me to keep
15 6 Once the attacker 's elbow is locked , it is very difficult for him to counter .
16 If your elderly parent is in the habit of doing this , the only way around it is to tell her quite frankly , as kindly as possible ( even at the risk of giving some offence ) , that there are certain times of the day when it is very difficult for you to make or receive phone calls except in an emergency .
17 Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later .
18 The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century .
19 It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman .
20 How much would you like in the event of a heart attack or a stroke , it 's very difficult for them to decide .
21 and know full well that it 's very difficult for them to pay
22 It 's very difficult for me to summarise a week of my life .
23 but in the very unlikely , very unlikely er position whereby Norfolk are absolutely adamantly oppose our proposals then as Mr said it 's very difficult for us to build in , in neighbouring authority , there is however one procedure left to us and that of course will be for us to meet in private act of Parliament , well that is er almost unthinkable , but we do have a final resort to that with a , in many ways the problems in Brandon have to be resolved by , by doing a bypass and if in the end we have to do that I 'm sure that
24 You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ?
25 He 's very proud ; it 's too difficult for him to do anything about it now .
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