Example sentences of "but [pron] is difficult [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men can still realise what women do , but it is difficult for women to understand how the men play . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We rejoice that our brother has passed through the valley and is in the everlasting arms of the Saviour ’ might mean something to a Christian but it is difficult for anyone else to understand . |
| 3 | ‘ But it is difficult for a car ! |
| 4 | Open questions make it possible for respondents to say what they really feel , but it is difficult for the researcher to organize the answers into categories in order to count them . |
| 5 | They might not , however , follow Marx and Engels in their conclusion that the system on which their own society is based will therefore also be overthrown , but it is difficult to seen how such a conclusion can be avoided . |
| 6 | Spokesman Andrew Davis said : ‘ We believe freak weather conditions may have caused an inversion , but it is difficult to be certain at this stage . |
| 7 | Its magnitude is officially given as below 9 , so that it should be invisible with binoculars ; I have suspected it with × 12 or higher magnification , but it is difficult to be sure , as there are scattered disconnected stars around . |
| 8 | Now I wonder where and this maybe unduly cynical , but it is difficult to be unduly cynical with that lot over there . |
| 9 | It is possible that these differences reflect the availability of suitable timber , but it is difficult at present to determine the extent of woodland at a sufficient level of detail . |