Example sentences of "it [adv] difficult [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people say generally that ‘ there should be no whaling for ethical reasons ’ , but when you try to pin them down to a formulation of those ethics , you find it exceedingly difficult and , I am afraid to say , probably unconvincing to most people of the nations of the world . |
| 2 | CGI , which has 13.3% of Computer Horizons , and is regarded by the board as a hostile shareholder , argues that the company 's plans make it extremely difficult and expensive for another company to acquire Computer Horizons , and must be eliminated to make management accountable and maximise shareholder value . |
| 3 | This , plus strengthening of the laws against vagrancy in 1714 , 1740 and 1744 , meant that many of the lower orders found it more difficult and more risky to move over long distances . |
| 4 | It is , in the words of the Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , 1966 , para. 127 , " to combat theft by making it more difficult and less profitable to dispose of stolen property " . |
| 5 | Most modern machines have maximum launching speeds of 70 knots or so , making it relatively difficult and unusual for the launch to overspeed . |
| 6 | It has championed the best artists from the Soviet Union ; it has supported feminist art , some of it theoretically difficult and perhaps recalcitrant to a wide audience ; it has staged recuperative exhibitions such as the Independent Group . |
| 7 | Thereafter , you may find it very difficult or impossible to change — because you will by then have missed so much of the introductory lectures and classes . |
| 8 | The pressures to be either Black or lesbian make it very difficult and confusing to develop being Black and lesbian . |
| 9 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 10 | If they decide to kill the customs officer we 'll take our time over it , we 'll make it very difficult and very unglamorous . |