Example sentences of "it be difficult [prep] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It is difficult for Spanish-speakers to pronounce the English sound ‘ ea ’ .
2 The documentation provided is oriented towards computer people and it is difficult for users to translate many of these forms used in conventional systems documentation into their ‘ language ’ .
3 Sometimes it is due to muddy ground where it is difficult for players to get a good grip with their studs , or by a player slipping in the front row .
4 ‘ Our products are difficult to understand and sell , ’ the New York Times quotes Palmer , ‘ it is difficult for customers to do business with us .
5 It is difficult for firms to identify those who are good managers , and those who are not overly risk averse .
6 Men can still realise what women do , but it is difficult for women to understand how the men play . ’
7 It is difficult for individuals to identify themselves with the objectives of a large organisation .
8 When a service is free it is difficult for consumers to express dissatisfaction .
9 This suggest that if manufacturers spend on training , it is difficult for rivals to achieve the level of competitiveness that will allow them to poach workers or markets .
10 The stock response to such qualms is that it is difficult for humans to grasp a time scale of such length .
11 It has a more compact cellular structure so it is difficult for moisturisers to work well on the epidermis .
12 Thus , it is difficult for children to relate the task to their own communicative intentions .
13 It is difficult for children to understand the process of growing .
14 Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later .
15 Given that the majority was aligned on grounds which had nothing to do with policy , it was difficult for strangers to vote so publicly and at the same time to hold aloof from an alignment in which they had no personal interest , and which might even have damaged their commercial interests .
16 The first — from 1952 to 1957 — was so undistinguished that it was difficult for filmgoers to believe that she was the same actress who returned to movies after five years on Broadway .
17 On the other hand it was difficult for others to see " where the Alliance would benefit the Labour Party … the working class as a whole " .
18 The day was a continuous series of interruptions so that it was difficult for clients to have any real period of rest and quiet .
19 And this erm play we went to in The Haymarket , it was , it was difficult for children to understand but er the scenery , the way they use the scenery , it was absolutely fantastic , you know , to make the of a desert and a
20 All the time he was on stage , it was difficult for audiences to think of him as other than the ‘ Carry On ’ character or the voice they knew on the radio or now on television .
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