Example sentences of "it [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 . ’
3 With × 7 I find it rather difficult to see .
4 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 .
5 He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised .
6 Projectile weapons will kill anyone you want , but I 'd find it rather difficult to drill through the tunnel floor with an old Browning . ’
7 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 ?
8 Now I know some of you will find d er find it rather difficult to distinguish between those two .
9 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 .
10 There 's a practical point here too — you may find it rather difficult to find an elegant belt suitable for evening wear .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Such ventures , however , left out those who were most disturbed or withdrawn and hence who found it most difficult to work ; these were left to idle their time away on the wards , and it was always a struggle to find sufficient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 .
14 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 .
15 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 ?
16 It also helps congregations understand why they are finding it so difficult to reach ‘ resistant areas ’ for which they feel a responsibility .
17 SOME banks make it so difficult to open an account .
18 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 ?
19 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 .
20 That we are able to speak to each other gives rise to the complexity of language-games that we are able to play , yet find it so difficult to describe .
21 If we all agree that change is required then why is it so difficult to implement ?
22 It must now face the imperial impotence that Britain has found it so difficult to adapt to .
23 ‘ Is it so difficult to put into words what I can read on your face ?
24 His visits were regarded as occasions for embarrassment rather than pleasure or consolation , and he was left wondering why , when his motives were generous , these people should find it so difficult to respond with a matching warmth .
25 On the other hand the modern world , which finds it so difficult to deal with evil , nearly always treats the Devil as a figure of fun if it rejects the monster personification .
26 And answer me this : if it was so easy to chop Woman 's Hour why is it so difficult to abolish the House of Lords ?
27 All items need looking at : benefits , child care allowances , maintenance and the court procedures which make it so difficult to vary an order .
28 ‘ Do you really find it so difficult to keep your mind on your work , Nurse Avery ? ’
29 Why was it so difficult to get ministers to meet ( a judgement , incidentally , buttressed by a careful reading of the Franks Report ) ?
30 These patients can experience many kinds of problems when in a different environment such as increased stiffening of the back and limbs due to lack of exercise because they find it so difficult to get out of the hospital chair ; and incontinence for the same reason .
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