Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] difficult [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's difficult to say that you do n't take notice of criticism , because you ca n't avoid taking notice of it . |
| 2 | And it 's difficult to do when it 's not your language . |
| 3 | it 's difficult to access that in general textbooks |
| 4 | It 's difficult to use but er , it 's possible . |
| 5 | we just have a recap , okay , if there 's any congenital amalgamation particularly in the central nervous system , things like spina bifida , hydrocephalus , problems like that and any underlying infection or feeding difficulties and the feeding difficulties could be cause or effect , we 've got a baby that 's erm , who 's temperature is dropping , it 's getting more sleepy and erm it 's difficult to feed and if a baby 's not feeding properly it wo n't be able to warm itself up . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's difficult to believe that I 'm still a Musketeer , but I am , and as we 've always told each other everything , I must tell you that although Mummy and Dad do such a lot for me , I 'm Perfectly miserable . |
| 7 | It 's difficult to believe that he was expelled from nursery school at the age of three for being a ‘ smart alec ’ . |
| 8 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 9 | You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ? |
| 10 | It 's difficult to operate when you have to sell your best players . |
| 11 | Boats from Bodrum quayside do the same thing , though it 's difficult to tell if you 're letting yourself in for a one way job , or a round trip including a meal at some distant restaurant ! |
| 12 | It really is exciting and something which it 's difficult to express and even better if we can do something for Herefordshire and bring back a winner . |
| 13 | IntelliDraw is hardly a low-end application , but it 's difficult to place because it 's the result of some brave lateral thinking about how people use images in practical circumstances . |
| 14 | IT 'S DIFFICULT to know whether Joe Bear 's statement ‘ we 're out of tune but you 'll just have to put up with it ’ is an apology or the title of the first song , as Huggy Bear embark upon a set that includes lots of shouting , inept but enthusiastic attempts to play their instruments and generally deconstructs the rock myth with the viciousness of a tantrum in the nursery . |
| 15 | That 's well , I was going to say it 's difficult to know whether that is that the Prime |
| 16 | Firstly , it is difficult to argue that every law defining certain actions as criminal is related to supporting the interests of the dominant classes . |
| 17 | Given the apparent strength of Gloucester 's position , it is difficult to argue that he was panicked into seizing the throne . |
| 18 | Although Gloucester 's power , both in the north and more generally , derived ultimately from Edward IV , it is difficult to argue that the king was wrong in what he did . |
| 19 | Although it is tempting to hold up Meriden as a co-operative which was at a substantial disadvantage compared with its Japanese competitors , it is difficult to argue that its inability to finance capital-intensive production methods were solely responsible for its problems … . |
| 20 | Unlike the UK , the Netherlands has for most of the time since 1950 pursued a consistent policy of reducing and limiting the prison population ; overall it is difficult to argue that this reduction in punishment has adversely affected the Netherlands ' crime rate , which has risen in a roughly similar manner to that in the UK over this period ( Downes , 1999 : 33–41 , 194–5 ; NACRO , 1991a : 93 ) . |
| 21 | If this is the case , and long-term memory for the simple association is reflected in a widespread increase in numbers of synapses , it is difficult to argue that the memory is ‘ represented , by but a single set of synapses at a particular motor neuron ; thousands must be involved , distributed across many cells . |
| 22 | However , Lea points out that for writers like Gilroy racism is embodied in the conscious policies and practices of the police as an institution and that it is difficult to argue that the police are de-politicising black struggles , and criminalising them , when some of them , such as the Spaghetti House siege , used crime to obtain political funds , and hence the police responded to the event as crime . |
| 23 | Given the apparent strength of Gloucester 's position , it is difficult to argue that he was panicked into seizing the throne . |
| 24 | Although Gloucester 's power , both in the north and more generally , derived ultimately from Edward IV , it is difficult to argue that the king was wrong in what he did . |
| 25 | On the other hand it is difficult to argue that the Revolution resolved the major issues that had been sources of political tension since the Restoration , and it certainly did not restore the political consensus that had eluded the nation in 1660 . |
| 26 | The feeling of comfort is basic to a sense of well-being , but it is difficult to define and is often most notable in its absence . |
| 27 | The Timber Trade Federation has admitted that it is difficult to define and verify sustainability , and there are signs that several major retailers are planning to cease making such claims . |
| 28 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 29 | It is difficult to realise when walking around the area that you are only twelve miles away from Hull , the surrounding woodlands creating a block to the sights and sounds of modern living . |
| 30 | It is difficult to research as it is behaviour which takes place in a domestic setting involving powerless people . |