Example sentences of "it [adv] difficult than " in BNC.
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1 | 3 Change these measurements into the units shown : unc One of the important advantages of the metric system is that measurement of length , weight , and volume , all depend upon the same principle , Once you have seen that the system is all based on tens and tenths , you should find it less difficult than other weights and measures . |
2 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
3 | Establishing an overt research role was therefore always going to be a task of sisyphean labour , but the sensitivity of the topic and location made it more difficult than is usual in ethnographic research . |
4 | After his return to London from Pontardulais , Edward and Helen were finding it more difficult than ever to contain their desire for complete sexual union . |
5 | When it actually came to writing rather than vaguely thinking about his address , Henry found it more difficult than he had expected . |
6 | However , the government round it more difficult than expected to cut public expenditure and this , coupled with a desire to reduce taxation in order to increase incentives , meant that the PSBR targets could not be met without an extra source of revenue . |
7 | ‘ Oh , Mama , do n't make it more difficult than it already is . |
8 | And it seemed perfectly natural , given the circumstances , that the child should be named Hope " , though nobody knew whose idea it had been originally … probably not Mrs Wright 's , however , for though in every respect resembling a Madonna , she was finding it more difficult than ever to stay alert . |
9 | He expected to be patronized by Lady Grubb because he came from a lower class , about which he did n't generally care tuppence , but when he saw her effect on Algy he found it more difficult than usual to be ribald about it . |
10 | The growth in Europe 's population and the increased number of fortified towns to be found on every frontier , wrote a pamphleteer at the end of the seventeenth century , made it more difficult than ever before to conquer great areas of territory . |
11 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |