Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes them incredibly difficult to see , let alone capture on film . |
| 2 | ‘ They may be large — around 40 feet long — but like icebergs 90 per cent is under the water and that is making them incredibly difficult to see among the waves . ’ |
| 3 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 4 | Its always difficult to know how to help when friends suffer such experiences . |
| 5 | When confronted with a small garden for the first time , its often difficult to know what to do for the best . |
| 6 | ‘ Its very difficult to appreciate a revolution , to see today as really qualitatively , dramatically different from the day before . |
| 7 | Living in the middle of the States means its very difficult to get information on English football . |
| 8 | Its very difficult to maintain a class squad and keep people happy . |
| 9 | It reads : ‘ It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan , more uncertain of success , nor more dangerous to manage , than the creation of a new order of things . ’ |
| 10 | It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan , more uncertain of success , or more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things . |
| 11 | There is nothing more difficult to take in hand , more perilous to conduct , or more uncertain in its success , than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things . |
| 12 | The problems are formidable and they interlock in ways that make them more difficult to tackle . |
| 13 | Intelligence would make them more difficult to control . |
| 14 | The advantages of this technique is that it puts less strain on the legs than straight front pointing and the uphill foot ( the one most difficult to flex when flat footing ) is kept horizontal . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , though it is an area of greatest interest , it is also one most difficult to get information about . |
| 16 | This is inevitable in a subject of such complexity , and one so difficult to explain in simple terms . |
| 17 | Though the topic is , of course , one particularly difficult to research , very little evidence emerged that attempts were made to co-opt field staff in this way . |
| 18 | The perception that a cruel savage cycle of fertility underlay all the trappings of modem life only served to emphasize for Eliot that there was a higher life , though one infinitely difficult to attain . |
| 19 | Some horses are actually born more anxious than others , and it makes them particularly difficult to train . |
| 20 | Yet , while she was finding him most difficult to forget , the realisation only then struck her that she knew neither the name of the garage that housed her car , nor the place where it was situated ! |
| 21 | John George had long ceased to play the father to John : not only did he put his son first at all times , but his alcoholism made him extremely difficult to deal with . |
| 22 | ‘ I just find her so difficult to talk to . |
| 23 | The sensitive souls found her more difficult to stomach . |
| 24 | I felt he maintained a distance and because of that I found him more difficult to approach than Dalglish if there was anything I needed to discuss . |
| 25 | As Cruising Altitude is at his very best and is favoured by the weights they will find him very difficult to beat . |
| 26 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 27 | Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , later countered : ‘ If the Labour Party are accusing us of an electoral bribe , it shows that they find it rather difficult to criticise us on any other grounds . ’ |
| 28 | With × 7 I find it rather difficult to see . |
| 29 | The English language is particularly rich in words we can use to describe our emotions , which makes it rather difficult to assess how many basic emotions there are . |
| 30 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |