Example sentences of "[coord] it is difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight this looks like an uninteresting stipulation about how to use the word ‘ fact ’ — uninteresting because the anti-materialist could as well state his case using some such term as ‘ feature ’ or ‘ aspect ’ , and it is difficult to see how , once having allowed that there is something called ‘ what it is like to see ’ which one only learns by seeing , one could refuse to describe this as a feature or aspect of mental life . |
| 2 | The ‘ merry-go-round ’ system which allows loading and discharge to take place while an entire train remains in motion has continued to form the mainstay of Railfreight Coal 's operations , and it is difficult to imagine a more efficient alternative . |
| 3 | ‘ The ground is like cement here in Yorkshire and it is difficult to train the horses , ’ Easterby said . |
| 4 | ‘ In 10 years things change so much , and it is difficult to name one player . |
| 5 | Ferranti is looking increasingly isolated in the UK defence electronics scene and it is difficult to see the institutions tolerating such an exercise or forgiving lightly the management for the International Signal and Control takeover . |
| 6 | Parliament is the arena in which British political leaders are recruited and it is difficult to think of a successful Prime Minister who has not been able to command the House of Commons . |
| 7 | It is difficult to understand the politics within some controlling bodies without knowing all the details and it is difficult for me to comment . |
| 8 | On this type of water it can become the luck of the draw with so many small fish out numbering the larger carp and it is difficult to be selective . |
| 9 | ‘ The workers have not followed the proper dispute procedures , they have no legitimate grievances and it is difficult to know what they want . ’ |
| 10 | By the end of that Test they were two down with two to play , and it is difficult to think of any England tour where such a low point had been reached . |
| 11 | The General Strike in no way deflected it from that course and it is difficult to see that event as an historical watershed in the evolution of trade union policies and attitudes . |
| 12 | The GDBA is a unique organisation and it is difficult , but essential to find people with the dual skills required for dog and people training . |
| 13 | The Roman emperors of the later third century AD made very similar coins at a number of mints , and it is difficult to be sure about their correct attribution . |
| 14 | Parents ' groups come and go whether or not there are CMHTs and it is difficult to be precise about the CMHT contribution in this field . |
| 15 | Each has its relative merits depending on the application in mind and it is difficult to recommend any one package in particular . |
| 16 | Energy efficiency drives became popular following the oil price rises in the 1970s , and more recently in 1990 , but energy efficiency is a rather dull topic and it is difficult to sustain interest . |
| 17 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 18 | Few actual conservation policies contain all these elements and it is difficult to attribute them in every case to implicit value judgements . |
| 19 | There were many subsequent raids , carried out by small patrols , and it is difficult to build up a comprehensive picture of exactly what took place . |
| 20 | The Iranians already had a considerable religious heritage and it is difficult to decide how much of Zoroastrianism is due to the reforms introduced by Zarathustra . |
| 21 | It is the question everybody asks and it is difficult to give a satisfactory answer because everybody wants a definite or even a sensational one . |
| 22 | Many studies have been performed using in vitro tests and it is difficult to be certain of the relevance of these tests to platelet function in vivo . |
| 23 | No details were given of the glycaemic control or other metabolic parameters of the two groups of diabetics studied ( Davis et al , 1982 ) , and it is difficult to account for these findings . |
| 24 | For numerous studies have shown that a high percentage of the population have committed criminal offences , in particular high proportions of juveniles , and it is difficult to believe that they are all different or abnormal . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Hunt as the Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of the Abbey must have been involved , and it is difficult not to assume that he had a conflict of loyalties in this transaction . |
| 27 | One of the drawbacks to using any of the breakage data described so far is that later depositional agencies produce additional breakage , and it is difficult to distinguish between them . |
| 28 | Secondly , as previously discussed ( p. 40 ) , self-poisoning is often impulsive , and it is difficult to devise ways of combating this impulsivity . |
| 29 | The use of propaganda to make this behaviour unfashionable again has been suggested ( Stanley 1969 ) , but no health education programme has ever been put forward to this purpose and it is difficult to know whether such an approach would be feasible . |
| 30 | Few were noted as making prolonged stays and it is difficult to assign any particular record as a wintering or passage bird . |