Example sentences of "it is [adv] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that , let alone write a scientific paper . |
| 2 | Describing Bell Lawrie as ‘ old friends of ours ’ , Brewin 's managing director , John Hall said yesterday : ‘ We are at the moment in negotiations , but it is pretty difficult to say too much until it is clear where we are going . ’ |
| 3 | There is also a division between professionals and amateurs , though at times it is rather difficult to draw the line . |
| 4 | It is rather difficult accurately to describe the idiosyncratic monument by Maximilian Colt at St Peter 's , Edensor , in Derbyshire to the First Earl of Devonshire ( d.1625 ) and his brother , Henry Cavendish ( d.1616 ) — perhaps the closest parallel would be a marble armoire with dressing-table in front , the whole flanked by two fearsome martial figures . |
| 5 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 6 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 7 | It is rather difficult to reconcile this with the ability of major brands in heavily advertised markets to establish and maintain their reputations over many years . |
| 8 | It is rather difficult to communicate the emotion of gloom and at the same time radiate joy . |
| 9 | It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we do n't know how the brain works in detail . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 11 | It is rather difficult to explain that . |
| 12 | The introduction of smoke into a gas flow without unduly disturbing it is rather difficult except in wind-tunnels specially designed for the purpose . |
| 13 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 14 | It is equally difficult to present the ‘ Liberal Toryism ’ of the 1820s or Sir Robert Peel 's economic liberalism as precursors of ‘ libertarian ’ Conservatism . |
| 15 | It is equally difficult to work out what will happen to the ice sheets at the poles . |
| 16 | Apart from the problems of precisely delimiting areas that are experiencing desertification , it is equally difficult to determine whether or not rates of desertification are increasing . |
| 17 | It is equally difficult to deny that the radioactive fall-out from a nuclear explosion in fact consists of a cloud of poisonous gases . |
| 18 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 19 | C. K. Allen has suggested , for example , that : ‘ It is evidently difficult for a generation brought up on the early editions of Dicey 's Law of the Constitution to relinquish the belief that droit administratif is the sinister embodiment of all the distempers of the commonwealth which the Rule of Law has so proudly repulsed . ’ |
| 20 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |
| 21 | The defendants at the time of the victims ' deaths were presumably unconscious and it is accordingly difficult to attribute to them any mens rea . |
| 22 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
| 23 | It is generally difficult to find recurrent contrasts of form in which they participate , let alone recurrent semantic contrasts — and they do not respond to any of the rescue strategies . |
| 24 | However , it is generally difficult and , for the purposes of translation not particularly helpful , to attempt to draw a line between what is linguistic or textual and what is extra-linguistic or situational . |
| 25 | It is generally difficult for litigation-dominated firms ( whether plaintiff or defendant ) to build corporate practices : differences of attitudes between parts of the client base , as well as different attitudes among lawyers and different economic considerations , all play their part . |
| 26 | Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures . |
| 27 | The new undergraduate rooms in the Hodgkin Quadrangle have proved a most welcome addition now that it is both difficult and expensive for undergraduates to find accommodation on the open market . |
| 28 | What should you do if you do n't live in London , and find that it is financially difficult to pay for such courses ? |
| 29 | It is frightfully difficult to make inexperienced pilots realise the necessity of even so small a formation as two aircraft keeping one up above looking out while the other is attacking the Hun . |
| 30 | Little detail is provided , however , and it is thus difficult to evaluate his work fully . |