Example sentences of "it is [adv] difficult [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally difficult to deny that the radioactive fall-out from a nuclear explosion in fact consists of a cloud of poisonous gases . |
| 2 | It is even difficult to say that a very rich person could be compensated in money terms ; thus , however heinous the libel , such a person should get not more than a nominal sum and his costs . |
| 3 | But at this juncture another major problem emerges , in that it is very difficult to demonstrate that there is an established libertarian Conservative tradition with which Thatcherism and the new right can be matched . |
| 4 | ‘ It is very difficult to see that the public can be educated to accept anything less than the fact that if there is a fraud present in an organisation which prevents the financial statements from showing a true and fair view , then it is up to the auditors to find it . ’ |
| 5 | IT IS sometimes difficult to remember that company directors are merely the custodians of their shareholders ' money , rather than the owners of the business free to do with it what they will . |
| 6 | It is extremely difficult to believe that this cult did not have political overtones . |
| 7 | Of course , as others have remarked ( e.g. Palmer , 1984 ) , it is extremely difficult to prove that there is no gene flow between enclaves . |
| 8 | It is now difficult to imagine that at this time virtually all the academic departments were based in the Trent Building |
| 9 | This in turn means that , while general deterrence might well form the basis of a plausible general justification for having a system of punishment , it is more difficult to argue that the amount of punishment imposed by our system is justifiable by deterrent considerations . |
| 10 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 11 | In the provincial press , and especially the local weeklies , it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare . |
| 12 | There is a steady shuffle of people leaving once the film has started as they find it is so difficult to follow that the experience is frustrating . |
| 13 | This exclusion of higher education from consideration by sociologists of education must in part be due to the fact that higher education is not compulsory ; it is perhaps difficult to argue that something which is a matter of choice can in any sense be repressive . |