Example sentences of "it can be very difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be very difficult to decide how to measure performance at many jobs . |
| 2 | I conduct a lot of light music and it can be very difficult for an orchestra to realize it properly . |
| 3 | Dorothy Einon , the child psychologist says , ‘ It can be very difficult for parents to stand back . |
| 4 | On release from custody , it can be very difficult for the offender to be reintegrated into the community . |
| 5 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 6 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
| 7 | As a final point , remember that markets in many gilts and other bonds are illiquid ; so it can be very difficult to find a buyer . |
| 8 | It can be very difficult for people infected or at risk of HIV infection to decide whether or not to have a child because in some cases the HIV virus can be passed on . |
| 9 | it can be very difficult to decide whether to have a child . |
| 10 | If a dog has been mistreated at any stage , it can be very difficult to win back its confidence completely . |
| 11 | Similarly , retired racing Greyhounds are often in need of homes , and although temperamentally these dogs are normally quite sound , it can be very difficult to persuade them not to chase cats and other smaller dogs when they are out for a walk . |
| 12 | In a complicated matter like an aircraft accident it can be very difficult indeed for a lawyer , let alone a layman , to identify the party against whom a claim should be registered in the absence of a full accident report from a competent and disinterested organisation such as AIB or the NTSB . |
| 13 | Indeed the whole concept of maximizing household resources tends to imply that all do benefit , although it can be very difficult to know the precise distribution of resources in such households . |
| 14 | It can be very difficult for the insurance company , after the event , to ascertain what precautions were taken so that , in many cases , they will pay out however you behaved . " |
| 15 | It can be very difficult to be sure of why a hoard of objects was buried in the ground . |
| 16 | First , it can be very difficult to find media in which to separate off an area like this : it can be done readily in TV , cinema , poster or local newspapers , but is more difficult in national newspapers or magazines . |
| 17 | It can be very difficult to assess in advance what will be regarded as anticompetitive and what is acceptable business behaviour . |
| 18 | At present it can be very difficult to get validation for certain vocational courses . |
| 19 | So you can see when you get these two people together , it can be very difficult if you 've got them in a team . |
| 20 | It means that um particularly in therapy it can be very difficult later on because things that we would ordinarily consider to be supportive like being kind , like erm y'know kind of putting a comforting arm round somebody 's shoulders , like erm y'know ways in which people express support and affection for each-other ah are very very difficult for the survivor to accept because they 're sort of the part of the way in which she , and it usually is a she , has been abused in the past . |