Example sentences of "it is very difficult [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very difficult at times to say whether the clusters do really add up to a representation of the whole . |
| 2 | ‘ It is very difficult for us Russians , ’ he explained , in a strong native accent . |
| 3 | ‘ It is very difficult for me . |
| 4 | Gerry Walker from AFF told last week 's conference that it is very difficult for local and central government to monitor all waters continuously . |
| 5 | The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century . |
| 6 | It is very difficult for candidates to cope with all these nuances and to give an accurate picture of themselves . |
| 7 | If your elderly parent is in the habit of doing this , the only way around it is to tell her quite frankly , as kindly as possible ( even at the risk of giving some offence ) , that there are certain times of the day when it is very difficult for you to make or receive phone calls except in an emergency . |
| 8 | With a digital signal , it is very difficult for distortion to occur since so long as a 1 remains a 1 and 0 remains a 0 the signal will continue to carry all the information and the data stream will be as pure at the end as it was at the beginning . |
| 9 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 10 | War boars are really hard to control so when the boar decides to run off or charge madly out of control it is very difficult for the rider to do much about it . |
| 11 | At particular market in time whilst we agree as the board that we should employ someone and we intend to employ someone we just think at this particular moment in time it is very difficult for us to actually raise that sort of money on a regular basis . |
| 12 | But critics say that the project failed to recognize the diversity of the US scientific community and that it is very difficult for any non-governmental group to bring about significant and lasting change . |
| 13 | In that setting it is very difficult for our " propaganda " to be as effective as it might otherwise be . |
| 14 | Advertisements are used by people : it is very difficult for ads to use ( =manipulate ) people . |
| 15 | The current rate of increase in the number of books , periodicals and learned journals being published is exponential and it is very difficult for a student to keep abreast of developments in a particular field . |
| 16 | 6 Once the attacker 's elbow is locked , it is very difficult for him to counter . |
| 17 | ‘ In truth , sir , it is very difficult for me to judge , ’ she said , ‘ owing to the fact I have never met any people like you before . ’ |
| 18 | Once that has been achieved it is very difficult for a competitor to come from behind . |
| 19 | In all these cases , it is very difficult for the authorities to predict what people 's speculation will be . |
| 20 | ‘ One of the things is , it is very difficult for a hospital next to a school , ’ said head of middle school Peter Dawson . |
| 21 | ‘ It is very difficult for somebody coming out of prison to get accommodation . |
| 22 | However , it is important to realise that it is very difficult for a speaker to make a syllable louder without changing other characteristics of the syllable such as those explained below ( ii-iv ) ; if one literally changes only the loudness , the perceptual effect is not very strong . |
| 23 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 24 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 25 | In this situation it is very difficult to ‘ rehabilitate ’ companies since the depreciated assets of these and similar businesses are virtually worthless . |
| 26 | Solving complex problems may require choosing from so many alternatives at each step that it is very difficult to algorithmically define solutions . |
| 27 | Professor Costall says it is very difficult to be accepted as a research scientist in Japan particularly as a woman . |
| 28 | It is very difficult to ‘ rebuild ’ Britain 's competitiveness if the basis for that rebuilding are derelict industrial estates waiting to be grassed over with the help of Government landscaping grants . |
| 29 | It is very difficult to you know persuade boards there to in to put money into the start-up of a an employee assistance programme . |
| 30 | It is very difficult in the circumstances of either Mozambique or Nicaragua to evaluate conclusively the effectiveness of policies which promote education as a means of transforming society , although in the case of Nicaragua , despite the problems , government-sponsored initiatives clearly scored successes , both in educational terms and in terms of social change . |