Example sentences of "difficult [to-vb] [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But it was difficult to sustain indignation when every other thing the man said was calculated to infuriate .
2 It is much more difficult to sustain growth once the novelty has worn off .
3 While women only comprised 13 per cent of the students financed by SERC , they were finding it rather more difficult to find work than the men .
4 I 'd asked that he should n't be bottle fed with my expressed milk as it can be more difficult to establish breastfeeding if a baby is confused by a teat .
5 In particular non-disclosure makes it difficult to answer charges that the government 's policies are not properly coordinated .
6 This is a spooning cheese and should be served by removing the top crust and scooping out the paste with a spoon — from the retailer 's point of view it is quite difficult to persuade customers that the cheese is as it should be .
7 It is difficult to persuade teachers that the denial of valid arts experiences to themselves during their own school days has denied them an enriching experience and offered them instead an impoverished education .
8 Since material was couched in more moderate tones than hitherto , it was difficult to disprove claims that the speaker was intending to engage in reasoned debate .
9 It is difficult to maintain control where a scattered enforcement staff possess high discretion .
10 MORE men could be finding it difficult to father children because the average sperm count has halved in the last 50 years , an expert revealed yesterday .
11 These findings are surprising since it is more difficult to show efficacy when the majority of patients have remission/mild disease .
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