Example sentences of "[subord] it is difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is boring , often done in locations where it is difficult to avoid ‘ bosses ’ , it affords only a limited range of ‘ bluffs ’ or easing techniques , and is looked down upon by regular policemen and women , a view unintentionally reinforced by those sergeants who apologize to regulars when asking them at parade to do sanger duty . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is due to muddy ground where it is difficult for players to get a good grip with their studs , or by a player slipping in the front row . |
| 3 | Typically these are pure public goods which can jointly benefit many people and where it is difficult to exclude people from the benefits . |
| 4 | The impact of a series of I 's in theme position is not the same as the impact of a series of verbs inflected for first person , such as ‘ saw-I ’ , ‘ took-I ’ , etc. , where it is difficult to discern a theme line as clearly as in the pronoun-plus-verb combination . |
| 5 | There must , therefore , be a mental element in the " unlawful act " , though this proposition is not always stated in the cases ( see for example , Newbury , where it is difficult to state what the unlawful act was ) . |
| 6 | This is a particularly good way of entering and remaining in more distant markets , or in any market where it is difficult or impossible to export finished goods . |
| 7 | Although it is difficult this long after the crucial debate to reconstruct correctly people 's positions from their own and others ' accounts , it does seem that , while some Free Presbyterian ministers in the party were opposed , others , including Paisley and Beattie , supported the new position . |
| 8 | Although it is difficult to compare the publications of today with the comics of the 1950s , it must be pointed out that there is a surprising amount of science in today 's comics . |
| 9 | Although it is difficult to determine what was the original material from which these rocks were derived , the general consensus of opinion is that the original material was of igneous origin , with the old term orthogneiss being used to describe these rocks in the past . |
| 10 | In this respect MI6 has had a number of successes although it is difficult to know how useful defectors really are ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 11 | The rich carving of the High Altar is by Johann Ferdinand Schorr and although it is difficult to see without binoculars , above the High Altar is a painting depicting the victory of the Battle of the White Mountain , showing the Carmelites holding aloft the small icon of the Madonna . |
| 12 | Although it is difficult to obtain precise information on individual titles , it would now be fairly typical for a general publisher to aim to keep books in print for two years rather than five . |
| 13 | Astley Cooper claimed ( incorrectly ) that the constitution of the College would not allow more professors to be appointed , although it is difficult to imagine that a course , ideally lasting three years and covering the health and diseases of all species of domesticated animals , could have been undertaken by a professor , an assistant professor and a demonstrator . |
| 14 | With these processes , our edge processes and the technique of conjugation , one can actually solve all four of our basic subproblems independently of the others and it is possible to do them in any order , although it is difficult to orient pieces that are not yet in their correct position . |
| 15 | We are due to review the morning service pattern at the church meeting on December 9th , although it is difficult to imagine how we could ever revert to a single service since already we have about 500 adults and children attending the two services ! |
| 16 | Although it is difficult to measure accurately , a certain amount of money borrowed from the building society or bank , based on the security of the house , may be spent on general household expenditure to finance , for example , a new car or holiday . |
| 17 | And we have to acknowledge that , although it is difficult to flip planets over , there is good evidence that similar things have happened in the past among the outer planets of the Solar System . |
| 18 | Thus , a child may be said to acquire the rules of grammar , although it is difficult to see how such rules can be established as a result of numerous discrete learning experiences . |
| 19 | This may offer some protection , although it is difficult to disinfect plastic and is no substitute for sterile works . |
| 20 | Now , they were combined and synthesized on aesthetic principles which apparently did not always depend on the content of the subject matter , although it is difficult to be certain in an area such as this . |
| 21 | These are features typically found in chordates , although it is difficult to make more precise comparisons . |
| 22 | Recently , however , it has also been recognized that surface-water hydrology and climate variations can influence the evolution of individual silicic caldera-hosted geothermal systems , although it is difficult to judge the general importance of such effects in controlling the long-term behaviour of continental geothermal systems . |
| 23 | Although it is difficult to assess its importance , on the eve of the second reading debate a letter appeared in The Times , signed by eight peers , including Lord Devlin . |
| 24 | Although it is difficult to reach firm conclusions from the small number of patients who underwent balloon counterpulsation , those few who have survived in the long term underwent such a procedure while their renal function was still normal or nearly normal and their renal state remained stable until transplantation . |
| 25 | Although it is difficult to estimate what positive health benefits for the older person will result from the imposition of a national screening system there will be profound implications for the health and social services . |
| 26 | Even if Telecom could get planning permission for its Ballsbridge site ( although it is difficult to see anyone now wanting to get caught up in a possible planning scandal on top of what has already gone down ) the development costs are going to be huge . |
| 27 | Although it is difficult , in reading the Black Book of Edward IV and the Household Ordinances of his reign , always to distinguish what reformers wanted from what they actually achieved , the main lines of the Yorkist Household can be distinguished ; and those lines remained pretty much the same until the eighteenth century . |
| 28 | Although it is difficult to get hold of , Lambert and Larcker ( 1985 ) is a useful source on executive compensation . |
| 29 | Trenches can be dug by machine , although it is difficult to recognize archaeological features as a machine is uncovering , and perhaps cutting through them . |
| 30 | The first is that universities appear to be becoming less autonomous than before , and the polytechnics and some of the larger colleges more , although it is difficult to decide whether the latter , recently removed from local government control and granted corporate status with central funding , are being ‘ nationalized ’ or ‘ privatized ’ . |