Example sentences of "difficult than it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was more difficult than it sounded since he did not keep either regular or normal hours . |
| 2 | This is a good deal more difficult than it sounds , as small pieces of fluff and hairs always seem to appear from thin air by the million and float down on to the glass ! |
| 3 | This is much more difficult than it sounds , and requires a great deal of skill and practice ( see Mann 1985 ; Oppenheim 1966 ) . |
| 4 | Planning the appointment of a language tutor in advance can be more difficult than it sounds . |
| 5 | But the DoE found the Whitehall struggle more difficult than it had supposed . |
| 6 | Schoolteachers were not expected to engage in research , and by the 1870s this was anyway much more difficult than it had been in 1800 : there was more to master first , and more equipment was needed . |
| 7 | He learnt one thing : ‘ that to paint in watercolour is far more difficult than it looks . ’ |
| 8 | Conflicting demands and timescales also made the project more difficult than it needed to be . |
| 9 | Now admittedly in practice , measuring reproductive success is a damn sight more difficult than it seems . |
| 10 | 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 . |