Example sentences of "[vb past] it difficult [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opponents of changing the rules on early leavers found it difficult to sustain their case . |
| 2 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 3 | They based their studies on the coal mines where , owing to increased mechanisation , the miners were merged into larger and larger groups , found it difficult to identify their share of the work within the enlarged groups and suffered low morale : productivity was falling . |
| 4 | Ford et al ( 1986 ) carried out a study in a psychiatric setting in the USA arising from their concern that many confused elderly people , particularly those in advanced stages of Alzheimer 's disease , did not respond to verbal communication and staff found it difficult to understand their attempts at communicating . |
| 5 | I found it difficult to follow their chatter ( you know old Shallot , nosy as hell and always looking for mischief ) , but they seemed most concerned about Lady Francesca 's health . |
| 6 | Many lower-level managers found MINIS time-consuming and unhelpful , while some also found it difficult to depict their work accurately . |