Example sentences of "[that] [pron] is difficult [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two sets are so interwoven that it is difficult to claim they are separate . |
| 2 | As a result , fossil bone accumulations are usually so much more fragmentary than undamaged pellet assemblages that it is difficult to compare them . |
| 3 | So common is this way of thinking in social research that it is difficult to recapture its radical and innovative character . |
| 4 | So much of his work has been lost that it is difficult to appreciate its impact , but with the backing of the ambitious mayor , Edmund Lockyer , he extensively transformed both Plymouth itself and its satellite towns of Stonehouse and Devonport . |
| 5 | They have also been attacked by the courts , with the result that it is difficult to see what practical effect such clauses might be thought to have . |
| 6 | Of course , it may be objected that the very notion of an ‘ art-object ’ is a cultural construct peculiar to certain traditions , but that notion is so deeply embedded in Western culture that it is difficult to dismiss it . |
| 7 | The interconnection of these three concepts in Gandhi 's thought is such that it is difficult to treat them separately . |
| 8 | That , at least , is a clear statement of the belief that the arts and sciences were incompatible ; for one thing , the arts and the sciences are considered so different that it is difficult to concentrate one 's energies on both ; for another , English is not useful — and , therefore , by implication , worthless — to someone studying science . |
| 9 | But he rails in such a disgusting way against the play 's characters that it is difficult to accept his view of human life . |
| 10 | The move took place in early December and we settled in so quickly that it is difficult to believe we have been in our new offices for less than a year . |
| 11 | Some published material is hand written and of such high quality that it is difficult to distinguish it from a typeset score . |
| 12 | To say that it is difficult to get your client 's story into a national newspaper is an understatement . |
| 13 | A delicate building , it is so intricately decorated that it is difficult to tell which parts are original and which later modifications . |
| 14 | They sometimes had secretaries who could imitate their master 's hand so perfectly that it is difficult to tell one from t' other . |
| 15 | If the assumption of opportunism is something you regard as an unnecessarily cynical view of human nature , note that its importance requires only that some , not all , people behave in this way and that it is difficult to tell who is opportunistic and who is not . |
| 16 | They are so closely interrelated that it is difficult to separate them . |