Example sentences of "[pers pn] difficult for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 2 | This makes it difficult for caterers to use the most suitable materials possible on walls and floor surfaces for maximum hygiene , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Such misunderstandings can make it difficult for nurses to truly develop their skills and practice . |
| 4 | No public inquiry report has yet been written in the ICAO format , making it difficult for researchers into air safety matters to extract the information they are looking for . |
| 5 | Unemployment in the 1980s forced many older people into early retirement and made it difficult for others to find work . |
| 6 | ‘ He is exciting and unpredictable and while that can make it difficult for others to play with him , it is also one of his great strengths . |
| 7 | The close connection between politics and revenue patronage made it difficult for superiors to discipline officers who stepped out of line , and even when an officer was actually dismissed he could , and did , fight to secure his reinstatement by pulling political strings . |
| 8 | But he was also occupying space behind the defenders , making it difficult for attackers to get in on passes . ’ |
| 9 | Local class conflict sometimes makes it difficult for communities to recognise the need for solidarity in dealing with external factors . |
| 10 | Competitive firms are often thought to lack the resources to do effective R&D , and vigorous price competition means that all of the gains to innovation are passed on to consumers , making it difficult for firms to generate the profits necessary to finance R&D . |
| 11 | It will ask why women put up with their subordinate position in society , or rather , examine the strength of the pressures which make it difficult for women to produce social change despite their continuing attempts to do so . |
| 12 | ‘ The Founders ’ rights make it difficult for NoS to be taken over , ’ they warned . |
| 13 | Although the confusion of shifts in allegiance within the various loyalist groupings made it difficult for contemporaries to see the underlying direction of change , with hindsight we can see a simplification of unionist politics . |
| 14 | The decision in Smith v Baker ( 1891 ) made it difficult for employers to rely on a volenti defence . |
| 15 | ‘ The confiscation of proceeds from drugs crimes makes it difficult for traffickers to salt away their funds , do time and come out to the high life . ’ |
| 16 | The SEC 's case , according to BASF finance director Max Dietrich Kley , is that the chemical giant 's figures understate profits , making it difficult for investors to compare them with those of other concerns . |
| 17 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 18 | The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need . |
| 19 | As importantly , a fully enclosed heating element and rubber nozzle guard make it difficult for users to accidentally burn themselves . |
| 20 | Initially , the great masses of floating pumice which had piled up on the sea made it difficult for ships to force their way through the water — rafts three metres thick were reported in places — but eventually parties were able to reach the islands and determine what changes had taken place . |
| 21 | The very freedom from mass accountability which allows it to do so also makes it difficult for leaders to know what society is thinking : without mechanisms for making needs known and understood , Polish and Soviet leaders simply can not know what the consequences of a rise in food prices or of other policy shifts will be . |
| 22 | Not only does sectoralisation make it difficult for planners and administrators to gain an overall view , it also means that local institutions have to adopt a similar structure in order to deal adequately with the central bureaucracy . |
| 23 | He turned up for a remand hearing at Redbridge court covered in baby oil to make it difficult for warders to grab hold of him . |
| 24 | Such policies have an impact on new , emergent industrial nations as export markets and revenues are curtailed thus making it difficult for LDCs to service external debts . |
| 25 | He said the uncertainty of the election date believed to be April 9 also made it difficult for candidates to organise their activities . |
| 26 | The attitude of the church has made it difficult for governments to openly promote birth-control programs , that do anything more than advocate natural methods . |
| 27 | Also official intervention has become much less effective in this environment , making it difficult for governments to oppose trends established by private sector transactions . |
| 28 | Subdued housing market turnover since the end of 1988 has also made it difficult for borrowers to clear arrears by trading down , and some may have thought it in their best interests to default once their mortgages exceeded the value of their homes — although the borrower in this situation still remains legally liable for any outstanding debt after the property has been sold . |
| 29 | But if you make it difficult for cars people would consider park and ride . |
| 30 | The recall instructions were specifically designed to make it difficult for subjects to use previous knowledge in the task and attempts were made to prevent them from mentally retracing the route , a strategy which several of them would otherwise have adopted . |