Example sentences of "it was difficult for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult for the authorities to detect this cumulative process at work . |
| 2 | She coughed , and when her nose was plugged up it was difficult for her to suck properly ; she cried to be fed all through the night and Phoebe got more and more tired , more and more passive and despairing and guilty . |
| 3 | ‘ It was difficult for me when I went home … |
| 4 | IT WAS difficult for small independents to offer services like their Holiday Care system , which offered immediate help to holidaymakers , whatever the problem , like lost baggage or loans to cope with legal problems over cars in Spain , for which customers were given access to a phone numnber until 15 days after coming home . |
| 5 | It was difficult for Charles to keep a hint of disappointment out of his voice . |
| 6 | It was difficult for Charity to make sense of the emotional jumble at the other end . |
| 7 | When the fashion changed after the war , it was difficult for some older singers , just as it was for some of the stars of silent films when the talkies came in . |
| 8 | Given that the majority was aligned on grounds which had nothing to do with policy , it was difficult for strangers to vote so publicly and at the same time to hold aloof from an alignment in which they had no personal interest , and which might even have damaged their commercial interests . |
| 9 | It has already been pointed out that it was difficult for many part-time farmers to get time away from their jobs so adult training normally took place in the evenings and at weekends . |
| 10 | However , when the practicalities of gardening were examined , it was difficult for her to timetable it in . |
| 11 | She was very afraid of taking weight through her left leg , and could only feel deep sensations on her left side , so that it was difficult for her to know where her arm and leg were in space . |
| 12 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 13 | In October 1962 the choir felt it was difficult for them to give a strong lead to the congregational singing because of where the choir was placed and it was recommended that the Trustees should take expert advice on the rearranging of the pulpit area of the church . |
| 14 | Caring for him became an almost full-time job because he could do so little for himself ; and it was difficult for Mary and Jim to go out together , especially as her father grew less able to get around , and he needed a great deal of help at home . |
| 15 | Fortunately , on the lonely and almost trackless muirs , it was difficult for the Dragoons to arrive at Priesthill unexpectedly . |
| 16 | Up until the 1950s , it was difficult for any human beings who suffered from an allergic response to cats to become cat owners , no matter how much they longed to share their lives with a feline companion . |
| 17 | The first — from 1952 to 1957 — was so undistinguished that it was difficult for filmgoers to believe that she was the same actress who returned to movies after five years on Broadway . |
| 18 | ‘ I always felt it was difficult for me to find films . |
| 19 | It was difficult for him to move in his new boots . |
| 20 | The day was a continuous series of interruptions so that it was difficult for clients to have any real period of rest and quiet . |
| 21 | ‘ May I observe that this is a rather strange sort of idleness … ’ and he went on to admit that , although it was difficult for him to defend his present way of life , there was purpose in it , even if that purpose was an obscure one . |
| 22 | In the years before 1980 , it was difficult for romance to develop given the strict socialist morality which stressed politics rather than personal relationships . |
| 23 | Furthermore , as Henry VIII had relied on the authority of scripture to justify his annulment , it was difficult for him to resist pressure for the translation of the Bible into English , or demands that doctrine and liturgy should conform to the word of God as revealed in the scriptures . |
| 24 | The windows were so grimy it was difficult for the sun to penetrate them . |
| 25 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 26 | Thereafter , it was difficult for them to change . |
| 27 | The USA wanted surplus countries like Germany and japan to revalue since it was difficult for payments imbalances to be resolved through a devaluation of the dollar . |
| 28 | It was difficult for the Government to judge in present circumstances whether a majority of the electors desired that capital punishment should be abolished . |
| 29 | In a cumbersome way it seems to have done this fairly effectively , for it was difficult for an official to embezzle royal money without being exposed in the long run , although the run was often so long that he was dead before it finished . |
| 30 | Fand looked her in the eyes for a long moment ; and it was difficult for Ruth to face the utter loneliness of that gaze . |