Example sentences of "is [adv] difficult [verb] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence on this subject is extremely difficult to gather and interpret . |
| 2 | But in practice , the growth rate in earnings is extremely difficult to determine and has to be forecast . |
| 3 | However , many knitters find that it is still difficult to plan and knit garments . |
| 4 | But the plastics in the waste collected by local authorities tend to be dirtier and of mixed types , and the recycled product made from them is more difficult to control and guarantee , especially for applications that will be in contact with food . |
| 5 | Split peas are either yellow or green ; the green variety is more difficult to find but has a fuller flavour than the yellow and is therefore worth looking out for . |
| 6 | Informality in the water garden is more difficult to achieve and maintain satisfactorily . |
| 7 | Many people believe they know what is meant by orientalism , yet it is notoriously difficult to comprehend and to write about the whole of this protean subject . |
| 8 | However , it is notoriously difficult to capture and exhibit any legal theorist who unequivocally espouses formalism , that is who insists that the application of the general principles and rules of law to particular cases is a matter of deductive reasoning and nothing else . |
| 9 | At least with this disease there is no doubt as to its existence , although the causative organism is as difficult to grow and identify as that of chancroid . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , much of this vast publicly available information resource is bibliographically ill-organised , is of very variable quality , and is frequently difficult to access or acquire The problems of accessing and acquiring such information have been greatly aggravated by the need for enterprises more and more to compete on a global basis ( compare , for example , the ‘ 1992 ’ initiative ; suddenly , we have to know all about Greece ! ) . |
| 11 | This is quite difficult to do and provides a great deal of fun . |