Example sentences of "it [modal v] be difficult [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be difficult to channel light into the tiny core of such a fibre . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it may be difficult to allocate expenditure and income for the period . |
| 3 | In other cases it may be difficult to guarantee effectiveness because of the uncertain state of the relevant law . |
| 4 | However , despite my aim to provide flexibility in structure , the HyperCard still imposes a primary organizational structure and it may be difficult to extract information that has no relation to the original structure imposed by the author Nevertheless , some links have been made between tutorials which cut across the primary categorization and users are able to move between different sections as easily as moving within sections . |
| 5 | In some cases it may be difficult to gain entry to the channel unless the product is somehow differentiated by way of uniqueness or lower price than those products already established in the channel . |
| 6 | In a society with a relatively unpronounced division of labour , it may be difficult to distinguish manufacture as a separate arena of social relations which are specifically signified by its products . |
| 7 | For many people , it may be difficult to distinguish candidiasis from food intolerance at the outset , because the two have a great deal in common , at least in the symptoms they cause : compare the table on p 183 with the illustration on — p 13 . |
| 8 | It could be difficult persuading Eyre to undertake the direction of a play , but once he had committed himself his absorption was total . |
| 9 | But I knew that it would be difficult to persuade Jimbo that he had to work at the exercises : yet if the treatment were to succeed , it had to be him — Jimbo himself — who , in the end , would reopen the pathway of nerves between brain and muscle . |
| 10 | There is a strong feeling against opening a special clinic in the city of Luxembourg itself , because of fears that it would be difficult to preserve anonymity . |
| 11 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 12 | Evidently , it presents the marketer with a circular or " chicken and egg " argument ; if you have no access it will be difficult to persuade policy makers to change their attitude towards giving you access ! |
| 13 | ‘ We will switch into a phase where it will be difficult to meet demand . |
| 14 | Of course , it can be difficult to estimate size of , say , an ankle or a calf if you have never done this before . |
| 15 | It can be difficult to get hold of records of the latest non-mainstream contemporary music , let alone illustrations of the state of the relationship between such music and the visual arts . |
| 16 | In a social context , it can be difficult to assert status and gain recognition if you 're shy . |