Example sentences of "it be [adj] to tell which " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 3,000 species , however , and it 's impossible to tell which this is . |
| 2 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
| 3 | It is impossible to tell which is earth and which is sky , though eastward what looks like a whiter than usual cloud must surely be snow on the fells of Furness . |
| 4 | A delicate building , it is so intricately decorated that it is difficult to tell which parts are original and which later modifications . |
| 5 | Because of this , it is difficult to tell which records of a random access file have had data written to them . |
| 6 | Because of this , it is difficult to tell which records of an uninitialised random access file have had data written to them and which are empty . |
| 7 | Drive one straight after the other and it is hard to tell which is quicker . |
| 8 | The English Vice-Governor of the Galapagos told Darwin that even within the archipelago , there was variety : the tortoises on each island were slightly different , so that it was possible to tell which island they came from . |
| 9 | It was impossible to tell which from his expressionless gaze . |
| 10 | Since all of them were built in traditional style , it was difficult to tell which were old and which new . |
| 11 | Sarah sniffed , or laughed , it was hard to tell which . |
| 12 | The crowd at the door parted to let through a gaunt old man wearing the black peci hat , symbol of Indonesian nationalism , faded sarong and a shirt with so many patches that it was hard to tell which was the original material . |
| 13 | The layers of horn and yew had been blended together with such care that it was hard to tell which was set upon which . |
| 14 | And frowned at each other , as ill-coordinated a double-act as Fanny and Johnny Cradock : it was hard to tell which one found the other most irritating . |
| 15 | Holly was astride the supine form of one of the younger males , it was hard to tell which . |
| 16 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |