Example sentences of "[pers pn] would have [been] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short time ago , it would have been difficult to imagine that the Conservative Party in Parliament would be in open revolt against bishops of the Church of England . |
| 2 | After several months of working full eight-hour shifts , the constables frequently forgot that an outsider was present , or no longer cared , and the fieldworker experienced moments when it would have been difficult to maintain a front . |
| 3 | We were sad because he could not come to my room and I could not go to his home , where it would have been difficult to explain our relationship . |
| 4 | It would have been difficult to estimate the extent of this use of cassettes even if the events had not been so emotionally charged . |
| 5 | I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside . |
| 6 | Certainly this method of drawing has not been seen at a later date , and it would have been difficult to produce this quality and style of work in quantity . |
| 7 | It would have been difficult not to qualify for the semi-final , as sixteen were to go through ! |
| 8 | Still , he enjoyed the chairmanship and gets very cross if anyone suggests that it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot . |
| 9 | ‘ There was so much wrong anyway with the performance it would have been difficult to know where to start . ’ |
| 10 | Without demonstrable concern for their welfare and the active promotion of an identity of interests it would have been difficult for a party of landed and industrial power to retain authority ( for an historical survey of this see McKenzie and Silver 1968 pp 42–73 ) . |
| 11 | There was so much rubbish and broken glass littered about anyway that it would have been difficult for anyone to climb out without making a lot of noise . |
| 12 | Griffith could not prepare or test fibres thinner than about a ten thousandth of an inch ( 2.5 m ) and , if he had , it would have been difficult at that time to measure the thickness with any sort of accuracy . |
| 13 | ‘ It would have been difficult for him on his own in a strange country on the other side of the world . |
| 14 | She did n't shake hands — it would have been difficult for her , anyway , sitting in the car — but as I pondered on the word ‘ princess ’ and bowed slightly , she said , ‘ So you are Doctor Masters ? |
| 15 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 16 | It did not touch as many people as it does today and it would have been difficult to see precisely what kind of partisan gloss could have been put on the matter . |
| 17 | The King hardly needed to have a net laid for him , but had he done so it would have been difficult to assemble , almost in his own backyard , a more obvious team of trappers . |
| 18 | There was a good deal of shrubbery trailed up the sides and it would have been difficult to see us by a casual glance along the terrace . |
| 19 | Even if , however there had been a decline in the personal savings ratio , it would have been difficult to attribute it to taxation rates . |
| 20 | It would have been difficult enough in English to ask questions without appearing to be prying ; in my Greek it was impossible . |
| 21 | ‘ It would have been difficult , ’ Jehana agreed austerely . |
| 22 | Certainly it would have been difficult for the estate to know which ore came from where . |
| 23 | In fact it would have been difficult not to notice Eva Burrows . |
| 24 | There was no single set pattern of subjects , but it would have been difficult for a school to neglect totally those regarded as basic and normal . |
| 25 | It would have been difficult to develop Netherton as a settlement before the building of the mill leat enabled the draining of the stream from its marshy site . |
| 26 | The wood was thick , the undergrowth covered in snow ; even in summer it would have been difficult to follow the trackway . |
| 27 | All of the teaching staff who had worked on the proposal were keen to be involved in the process , and it would have been difficult to leave anyone out . |
| 28 | If , say , only 100,000 out of the 200,000 gallons had deteriorated , it would have been difficult to allocate the loss as between seller and buyer . |
| 29 | While the law as to imputing to a principal the knowledge acquired by his agent in the course of the business about which the agent is employed is at points confused ( see Bowstead , Agency , 13th edn , Article 112 and pp 356–7 ) , it would have been difficult in the circumstances of the case to withhold the concession . |
| 30 | It would have been difficult for the women to explain their cases to DHSS officials and lawyers , with screaming children in tow . |