Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | The problems are formidable and they interlock in ways that make them more difficult to tackle . |
| 4 | Intelligence would make them more difficult to control . |
| 5 | Some horses are actually born more anxious than others , and it makes them particularly difficult to train . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I just find her so difficult to talk to . |
| 9 | The sensitive souls found her more difficult to stomach . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As Cruising Altitude is at his very best and is favoured by the weights they will find him very difficult to beat . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | With × 7 I find it rather difficult to see . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |
| 17 | Projectile weapons will kill anyone you want , but I 'd find it rather difficult to drill through the tunnel floor with an old Browning . ’ |
| 18 | So , is n't it rather difficult to adapt to what must seem like some of the trivial aches and pains suffered by his patients in England ? |
| 19 | Now I know some of you will find d er find it rather difficult to distinguish between those two . |
| 20 | Everything large or furry has been shot and eaten or skinned , or if it has n't been , it runs away while you 're still a long way off , which makes it rather difficult to film . |
| 21 | There 's a practical point here too — you may find it rather difficult to find an elegant belt suitable for evening wear . |
| 22 | Sadly , it has been all too often the case that it is precisely in this area that individuals and agencies have found it most difficult to co-operate . |
| 23 | In these experiments subjects have invariably found it most difficult to remain awake in the hours between midnight and noon , with a revival every afternoon . |
| 24 | Such ventures , however , left out those who were most disturbed or withdrawn and hence who found it most difficult to work ; these were left to idle their time away on the wards , and it was always a struggle to find sufficient financial investment in equipment and raw materials to establish and maintain occupational ventures . |
| 25 | It is when there are two diners present , even when one of them is one 's own employer , that one finds it most difficult to achieve that balance between attentiveness and the illusion of absence that is essential to good waiting ; it is in this situation that one is rarely free of the suspicion that one 's presence is inhibiting the conversation . |
| 26 | So why did she find it so difficult to ignore the mocking , taunting comments and treat them with the silent scorn they so richly deserved ? |
| 27 | It also helps congregations understand why they are finding it so difficult to reach ‘ resistant areas ’ for which they feel a responsibility . |
| 28 | SOME banks make it so difficult to open an account . |
| 29 | Why is it that some people find it so difficult to accommodate the idea that providing immediate relief to human suffering can go alongside campaigning for longer term solu-tions ? |
| 30 | It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against . |