Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [adv] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Denys had little doubt that the coming months seem set to be as difficult as 1991 was for most countries , ‘ It would not be prudent at this stage to attempt to predict when recovery might begin ’ , he said , ‘ But when it comes , it is very likely to be gradual ’ . |
| 2 | In my review last year I said that 1992 was likely to be as difficult a year as 1991 for our North America Homes businesses . |
| 3 | Peas , sweetcorn and mushy soft vegetables , on the other hand , are likely to be too difficult to cope with . |
| 4 | If the car is low to the ground , it is likely to be extremely difficult for the patient to get in and out , so you might try using a car in which you can raise and lower the suspension . |
| 5 | There are escape routes for those , too , and if injured rabbits do get back into the system they are likely to be extremely difficult to capture . |
| 6 | With most major life events , it is likely to be very difficult both to identify people who have recently experienced an event and find out which of them are likely to be susceptible to psychiatric disorder as a consequence . |
| 7 | It is likely to be more difficult to change attitudes or behaviour through advertising than to reinforce them . |
| 8 | The shortest stories in Greyhound for Breakfast owe a lot to Kafka 's briefer parables , though they are apt to be more difficult to understand ; and there can be no doubt that Beckett 's solipsistic tramps have left an impression on the earlier writings . |