Example sentences of "is difficult [to-vb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This , ’ comments Nicol , ‘ is difficult to justify as the problem is due to falling oestrogen and nothing else . ’ |
| 2 | It is difficult to decide whether the audience or the speaker was more degraded by participation in these ‘ homage-giving ’ events . |
| 3 | The first is that universities appear to be becoming less autonomous than before , and the polytechnics and some of the larger colleges more , although it is difficult to decide whether the latter , recently removed from local government control and granted corporate status with central funding , are being ‘ nationalized ’ or ‘ privatized ’ . |
| 4 | It is difficult to decide whether the " loosening [ of ] the unity under siege of the period 1945 – 53 " which followed the concordat and the Pacts of Madrid was a deliberate continuation by Franco of the controlled internal jockeying he had presided over since 1936 , or a sign that he was being gradually overtaken by the speed of events . |
| 5 | At this stage it is difficult to assess whether the potential benefits to accounts users which may arise from improvements in audit judgments and financial reporting as a result of regulation can be justified against the costs , particularly at the smaller end of the market . |
| 6 | When two strangers are standing shivering at a bus-stop in an icy wind and one turns to the other and says ‘ My goodness , it 's cold ’ , it is difficult to suppose that the primary intention of the speaker is to convey information . |
| 7 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
| 8 | Although Gloucester 's power , both in the north and more generally , derived ultimately from Edward IV , it is difficult to argue that the king was wrong in what he did . |
| 9 | If this is the case , and long-term memory for the simple association is reflected in a widespread increase in numbers of synapses , it is difficult to argue that the memory is ‘ represented , by but a single set of synapses at a particular motor neuron ; thousands must be involved , distributed across many cells . |
| 10 | However , Lea points out that for writers like Gilroy racism is embodied in the conscious policies and practices of the police as an institution and that it is difficult to argue that the police are de-politicising black struggles , and criminalising them , when some of them , such as the Spaghetti House siege , used crime to obtain political funds , and hence the police responded to the event as crime . |
| 11 | Although Gloucester 's power , both in the north and more generally , derived ultimately from Edward IV , it is difficult to argue that the king was wrong in what he did . |
| 12 | On the other hand it is difficult to argue that the Revolution resolved the major issues that had been sources of political tension since the Restoration , and it certainly did not restore the political consensus that had eluded the nation in 1660 . |
| 13 | Fringe benefits are also more significant for workers in large companies although their exact size is difficult to estimate because the Welfare Facilities Survey covers only the 50 per cent of labour in firms employing more than 30 workers . |
| 14 | Cochrane argues that it is difficult to see whether the direction of change can be described as " post-Fordist " at all since the changes incorporate contradictory tendencies . |
| 15 | Its programmes are much the most susceptible to ‘ salami slicing ’ , since it is difficult to claim that the end of the world will come if the Army receives , say , ninety instead of a hundred tank replacements in a particular year . |
| 16 | It is difficult to predict whether the properties of the polypeptide of interest will be affected by the presence of GST and IgG binding domains in the fusion proteins . |
| 17 | In overall terms it is difficult to say that the culture of a law degree has changed . |
| 18 | He stated : ‘ If we apply [ the fraud vitiates consent ] idea to the present case , it is difficult to say that the prisoner was not guilty of rape , for the definition of rape is having connection with a woman without her consent . ’ |
| 19 | It is difficult to say whether the rewards of office increased in real terms during the Tudor period . |
| 20 | It is difficult to judge if the Air Force and NASA got good value for the $ 1,700 million they spent — $ 13.17 million per flight . |
| 21 | If you find that it is difficult to knit after the stitches are crossed , push up the back bed needle marked X on the row before the transfer the release the loop from this needle and put the needle into non-working position . |
| 22 | Sources at Compagnie des Machines Bull SA say that , in the multi-annual plan , chief executive Bernard Pache is likely to outline further potential partnerships and cost-cutting measures , adding that despite the tough tone , it is difficult to imagine that the new government will refuse all further financing for Bull , letting it run the risk of receivership and the dumping of 30,000 workers , at a time when France 's biggest concern is retaining and creating new jobs . |
| 23 | Sources at Bull say that in the multi-annual plan , although Pache is likely to outline further potential partnerships and cost-cutting measures , it is difficult to imagine that the new French government will refuse all further financing for Bull , letting it run the risk of receivership and the dumping of 30,000 workers , at a time when France 's biggest concern is retaining and creating new jobs . |
| 24 | It is difficult to believe that the idea was successful . |
| 25 | It is difficult to believe that the authors saw the implication of their findings for human medicine . |
| 26 | ARCO may have lost some of its glamour , but with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia performing an important task in educating a local market in international art , it is difficult to believe that the leading galleries will not return in a future year . |
| 27 | It is difficult to believe that the precarious peace can last long , whether or not guns are being dug into the hills around Pristina . |
| 28 | It is difficult to believe that the historians were not party to such constructions , although Goody might justifiably envisage that such honourable men as Thucydides would have been shocked if his material had been manipulated in this way by the politicians . |
| 29 | It is difficult to believe that the Copernican innovation did not encourage questions of this kind . |
| 30 | It is difficult to believe that the submission , valuable for the record and indeed used by Baldwin in his House of Commons speech the following afternoon , would have been sent had Baldwin not satisfied himself the night before what the answer would be . |