Example sentences of "it is difficult for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leo Lloyd was monastically devoted to his job — it is difficult for me to realise it was all done in his spare time — … he persuaded me that acting was infinitely fascinating . |
| 2 | It is difficult to understand the politics within some controlling bodies without knowing all the details and it is difficult for me to comment . |
| 3 | John Reeve , chief executive of Family Assurance which owns around 3 per cent of the bank , said : ‘ It is difficult for me to comment . |
| 4 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
| 5 | This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down but mainly because I do n't have an intuitive feeling for equations . |
| 6 | ‘ Unfortunately , it is difficult for him to paint in the house in Leeds because we do n't have the space and we do n't have the light . |
| 7 | However , once in the system it is difficult for him to move to higher-paid employment in another industry , for he would also have to find housing elsewhere for himself and his family . |
| 8 | This means for the neighbourhood man , the man on the beat , that it is difficult for him to keep a low profile . |
| 9 | He argues that bad garages drive out good ones because the typical customer can not judge whether a service has been done properly , and it is difficult for him to check . |
| 10 | Equally ( as I have suggested ) it is difficult for her to have a God who is something other than a force ( perhaps a human idea ) present within history . |
| 11 | However , with such a large clutch it is difficult for her to maintain all her eggs at exactly the same temperature . |
| 12 | Most business people receive so much correspondence that it is difficult for them to deal with all their correspondence immediately on receipt . |
| 13 | Consequently accountants are in a highly dependent position compared to most professions ; it is difficult for them to use professionalism as a market strategy . |
| 14 | As a result it is difficult for them to make business contacts . |
| 15 | It is difficult for them to understand the fear that is being expressed unless they share it themselves , when there will be a mutual clinging . |
| 16 | Far from being a luxury or a peripheral activity , music often meets basic needs : ‘ There exist a good many people for whom music is so important that it is difficult for them to conceive of life without it . |
| 17 | The document continues : ’ It is difficult for them to adjust to the schools in this country . |
| 18 | It is difficult for them to have a high profile throughout the whole of the night and into the morning . ’ |
| 19 | It is difficult for them to know just how great are the gaps in your knowledge and the limitations on your competence , and so they will depend on you to make your own initial assessment . |
| 20 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 21 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 22 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 23 | It is difficult for them to buy foreign goods because of the large sums of money involved , usually in foreign exchange , and the necessity of good connections . |
| 24 | In our economy , where we are so familiar with money , it is difficult for us to envisage any other ways in which goods can be acquired , but in the past all sorts of mechanisms were employed and the same is true in the Third World today . |
| 25 | And under the present present planning framework it is difficult for us to do . |
| 26 | They are , quite clearly , highly organized and know what they are about , though it is difficult for us to reach into their world and see it from their point of view . |
| 27 | Not surprisingly it is difficult for us to decide both how good and how genuinely popular all live variety was , let alone its precise relationship to the new entertainment of the movies . |
| 28 | It is difficult for us to see what Polybius added to his history after 146 , but where the additions are clear the anxiety and the warning are equally clear . |
| 29 | It is difficult for us to acknowledge that violence and destruction , on both sides , are expressions of ‘ rational ’ behaviour ; that ‘ reason ’ may be at the heart of violence . |
| 30 | Policies have their conditions and we try to make them as user friendly as possible but if people do not read conditions it is difficult for us to say we will ignore those conditions . ’ |