Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be difficult for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it may be difficult for them to relinquish the closeness and identification with their twin in favour of a marriage partner . |
| 2 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 3 | The seller can give his instructions to the person in actual possession of the goods , but it may be difficult for him to discover who that is , if , for example , the goods are on the railways . |
| 4 | As further children arrive the mother will more and more be taken up with their care and their needs in general ; it may be difficult for her to strike a balance of attention to offspring and husband which will satisfy the needs of all including her own . |
| 5 | It may be difficult for you to make instantaneous response to what is said . |
| 6 | It may be difficult for you to do any more than this if your time with the video machine is very limited , and the only materials you have are non-ELT programmes . |
| 7 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 8 | ‘ Alas , ’ El-Gharbi commiserated , ‘ then it may be difficult for you to find the price my information commands in the market . ’ |
| 9 | It must be difficult for them to understand when the way that we use ‘ big ’ is so confusing . |
| 10 | ‘ It must be difficult for you — not being completely in charge , ’ she ventured . |
| 11 | ‘ It must be difficult for you , ’ he said , ‘ surrounded by all these wogs . |
| 12 | and you sort of say , do you think it would be useful if we talked about reception because that 's something y you 're not doing quite as frequently but it 's obviously , it must be difficult for you to fit in to that because you 're not doing it all the time . |
| 13 | Out of the places which I have mentioned , it would be difficult for me to choose my favourite destination and my worst destination . |
| 14 | It would be difficult for me or for any other minister to have to defend leaving things unchanged in these other areas if the affect of having done so was subsequently to lead to a case of fraud in an investment firm , building society or insurance company which the existence of the duty would have helped to prevent . |
| 15 | Whatever formal characteristics Lyons might attribute to English in theory , in practice it would be difficult for him to sustain the claim that ‘ it is possible to address someone or talk about someone in English without indicating one 's relative social status or attitude ’ . |
| 16 | He refused to send his horses to be shod at our smithy after that ; for once the smith 's verdict got around it would be difficult for him to sell the mare . |
| 17 | It would be difficult for 'er to get back'ards and for'ards , and she were on her own all the time . |
| 18 | However , it has been so dramatic that I think it would be difficult for us to say that it was due to anything but the dietary changes , especially in view of the double-blind trial . ’ |
| 19 | Now there would be a certain logic in this incorporation , for , if we were to have a Bill of Rights enforced in Britain , then in a situation in which we have ratified the European Convention it would be difficult for us to bypass these rights and draw up a completely new set . |
| 20 | Blindcraft is a sheltered workshop , so it would be difficult for us to make a profit . ’ |
| 21 | It would be difficult for us to object to Government amendments Nos. 26 and 27 since , as I recall , they arose from amendments that we tabled in Committee . |
| 22 | It would be difficult for us to fund it on our own ’ . |
| 23 | Erm I would have thought and it 's a personal immediate reaction at this stage , it would be difficult for you to come to a conclusion on the appropriate district location . |
| 24 | Tony stood up immediately , realising that it would be difficult for his father to sing the Irish songs he sang at parties , usually sad songs of loss and parting . |
| 25 | Small blame to him , of course ; it would be difficult for anyone to believe it . |
| 26 | Clearly the phrase can mean anything one likes : it would be difficult for anybody to refuse to sign up to such a worthy aim as international understanding . |
| 27 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 28 | And McCall , the driving force in Rangers ' 2–1 European Cup win at Elland Road , said : ‘ Leeds have great character and ability and I hope they go on to do well this season , but it will be difficult for them to pick themselves up from this . |
| 29 | If they do not have such a grounding , it will be difficult for them to pursue more advanced studies subsequently , especially in ‘ vertebrate ’ subjects such as mathematics and science ; also , a merely partial or incomplete exposure to such forms of knowledge sells them short in terms of human thought , indeed of the very concept of mind . |
| 30 | It will be difficult for him to be baleful about the Millennium . |