Example sentences of "it [is] sometimes difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all cases a helper is needed , someone strong and active to pull up quite heavy anchors , while the rest of the crew should realise that living in a yacht is like living in a caravan with incredibly soft suspension — and it 's sometimes difficult to hop out for a walk ! |
| 2 | With Old English Sheepdogs it 's sometimes difficult to tell — but who wants a dog that walks backwards ? |
| 3 | The trouble is that , with the club looking for immediate improved results , it is sometimes difficult to persevere for too long with newcomers . |
| 4 | In using the former , however , it is sometimes difficult to explain how things are actually working at the moment they occur rather than understanding what we see in retrospect after some factor such as clouding of memory or change of opinion may have occurred . |
| 5 | Usually , the contract places all the responsibility upon the consultant but it is sometimes difficult to resist accepting the work of expert clients . |
| 6 | Because so many different weights may be used , it is sometimes difficult to compare product prices . |
| 7 | In these circumstances the analyst can not help becoming involved , particularly if he or she has elderly relatives in similar situations , and it is sometimes difficult to retain objectivity . |
| 8 | As mentioned above , where a firm which wishes to retain its own identity has increased the number of its branch offices it is sometimes difficult to retain an acceptable degree of harmony between the component parts of the firm and the partners attached to each part . |
| 9 | IT IS sometimes difficult to remember that company directors are merely the custodians of their shareholders ' money , rather than the owners of the business free to do with it what they will . |
| 10 | It can make excellent reading but its ordered narrative can create the impression of a unified cultural field which it is sometimes difficult to see beyond . |
| 11 | But they vary considerably in their anatomy and , as is often the case when considering the simpler members of a group , it is sometimes difficult to decide whether a characteristic represents a truly primitive survival or is secondarily reduced to suit a particular way of life . |
| 12 | Although it is sometimes difficult to decide how an objective can be measured , an obvious objective can be cited in terms of increased sales , although it is sometimes difficult to determine whether such an increase in sales was due to PR activity or to some other marketing activity . |
| 13 | It is sometimes difficult to differentiate between illness and natural ageing processes . |
| 14 | Because syntax is embedded in discourse , entirely different forms might have similar functions ( i.e. be used as equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ) ; for this reason it is sometimes difficult to specify a principled way of knowing where to stop counting particular forms as variants of a variable . |
| 15 | It is sometimes difficult to make the decision referred to in ( i ) . |
| 16 | Although it is sometimes difficult to decide how an objective can be measured , an obvious objective can be cited in terms of increased sales , although it is sometimes difficult to determine whether such an increase in sales was due to PR activity or to some other marketing activity . |
| 17 | Fact is frequently mixed with opinion and it is sometimes difficult to establish whether certain evidence is accepted or is merely being discussed . |
| 18 | It is sometimes difficult to maintain a Proper sense of perspective , in this work . |
| 19 | We are a nation of voluntary workers and there are so many organisations that it is sometimes difficult to know which to choose to help . |
| 20 | The Discovery Holiday is very popular with first time visitors to Amsterdam as there is so much to see and do in the City , it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin . |
| 21 | It is sometimes difficult to know whether the purchaser has done an act adopting the transaction . |
| 22 | It is sometimes difficult to fet the right combination of storage and hanging space . |
| 23 | In fact , what might be said is , that the principles of identity and participation are so closely interrelated and intertwined in his thought that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between them . |
| 24 | It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between such processes and true appendages but the principal types of organs which have been included under this category are : ( I ) Pseudopods , which are characteristic of many dipterous larvae . |