Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ungainly term cultural reading alludes to a function which is notoriously difficult to define . |
| 2 | I teach children and adults to get better at writing , which is notoriously difficult to assess , particularly the imaginative and poetic kinds . |
| 3 | This allows us to investigate the depth and stability , the malleability or rigidity of attitudes on a topic which is notoriously difficult to investigate . |
| 4 | If money is short while the patient is ill , there is great pressure on the carer and the family , and often it may mean that the patient is unable to receive the specialist rehabilitation treatment which is increasingly difficult to obtain under the National Health Service . |
| 5 | Dressing is a two-handed activity which is extremely difficult to do with only one hand . |
| 6 | At the same time , though , an organisation of teaching which is extremely difficult to monitor may result in desirable procedures and content disappearing by default . |
| 7 | When choosing Corys at your local retailer , never purchase specimens showing red gills or red blotches in the ventral region — this is often a sign of severe bacterial infection which is extremely difficult to treat . |
| 8 | In the earliest stages , this required a fall working knowledge of the processes of Germanic philology and the history of sound-change , a branch of study which is extremely difficult to master . |
| 9 | Such old people customarily exhibit behaviour which is extraordinarily difficult to tolerate and which raises a high level of anxiety . |
| 10 | one which is monumentally difficult to galvanize into action outside of crisis situations . |
| 11 | Point ( 3 ) , on sampling , is a technical matter which is very difficult to explain properly and it might well be beyond the abilities of many housewives to understand without more explanation what random sampling means . |
| 12 | The desire for integration , referred to above , has produced a widespread model which is very difficult to assess from outside . |
| 13 | Clearly the question of how much it costs to sustain at home elderly people with dementia is a very important one , but it is one which is very difficult to answer . |
| 14 | Time — the present The teacher needs the children 's help to find the smuggler 's treasure which is rumoured to be hidden in a cave which is very difficult to reach . |
| 15 | Well the fear of boring you because I 've said it before , I think that either a Trustee made up of an equal balance of members from the various interested groups which is very difficult to achieve in practice and additionally independent trustees certainly in our case , we believe would have stopped it happening because the movements in the direction it went was clear now that we have the information in front of us to the Trustees , it was quite clear what was gon na happen and nothing was done about it . |
| 16 | Such a government has authority over just about everyone in certain matters ( those where individuals have reason to pursue goals requiring social cooperation which is more difficult to achieve in other ways ) and various degrees of more extensive authority in varying measure over different people , either in virtue of other factors covered by the normal justification thesis or through voluntary submission by consent or respect . |
| 17 | And what can the cure-seekers do about a disease which is so difficult to understand ? |
| 18 | A remarkable illustration of the explanatory convenience of egoism is the concept of the ‘ selfish gene ’ , through which the rational egoism which is so difficult to find in the hopelessly illogical world of men is finally tracked down in our ultimate genetic constituents . |
| 19 | This guarantees students the maximum opportunity to use their English outside the classroom in a social context which is sometimes difficult to achieve on short courses . |
| 20 | She 's very difficult to work for on her creative days ! ’ |
| 21 | The ebony itself is extremely difficult to find these days , and I ended up buying 10 turning blanks , 30x2x2in ; each just enough to get a leg out of ! |
| 22 | In the process , we shall explore some recent attempts to construct a theoretical notion of ‘ topic ’ , a notion which seems to be essential to concepts such as ‘ relevance ’ and ‘ coherence ’ , but which itself is very difficult to pin down . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , since there are so many possible explanations , the correct one is most difficult to ascertain . |
| 24 | This one 's really difficult to judge . |
| 25 | Rather than trying to bluff your way through , it is better to say something like , ‘ Right at this moment it 's rather difficult to remember the exact details , could I possibly look over the advertisement again ? ’ |
| 26 | Well that they any comment on the appearance of a woman they now think erm it 's rather difficult to say . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's rather difficult to explain — ’ |
| 28 | Er if you do go to microphones three , which is the one at the back , it 's rather difficult to see you with the spotlight in my face . |
| 29 | It 's amazingly difficult to discuss anything serious in a group of twenty-two , twenty-three men and women . |
| 30 | ‘ You feed , clean , groom and exercise him — it 's not difficult to see how the bond develops . ’ |