Example sentences of "difficult for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | As people grow older , however , they may be more likely to develop illnesses or conditions which make it more difficult for them to cope without some help or support . |
| 2 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 3 | It became extraordinarily difficult for them to speak with one voice on critical issues . |
| 4 | It is difficult for them to understand the fear that is being expressed unless they share it themselves , when there will be a mutual clinging . |
| 5 | The trouble is that people and horses have different ways of communicating , which makes it very difficult for them to understand each other . |
| 6 | He is also sceptical or the argument that parasuicides and the unemployed are linked by personality disorders which make it difficult for them to hold down jobs . |
| 7 | Many such people , now elderly , have lived in hospitals all their lives and exhibit institutional behaviour which would make it extremely difficult for them to be rehabilitated . |
| 8 | The traditional role of women in some cultures makes it difficult for them to approach or be approached by the school . |
| 9 | There were cases of families being made to leave by conditions being rendered difficult for them after they had made complaints to the corporation housing department . |
| 10 | The enemy opened up with machine guns , but the glare of fires made it difficult for them to aim accurately . |
| 11 | It was agreed that the growing diversity of pressures upon schools made it difficult for them to adapt intelligently and consistently . |
| 12 | Some of the other dancers made life difficult for them at first , resenting the physical advantages the South Africans had enjoyed , growing up far away from the hardships of wartime Britain . |
| 13 | In the past it has been difficult for them to have long runs in the team . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | While members were asked not to behave in a representative manner , the source of their nomination ( councils , fellow doctors , nurses and trade unionists ) made it very difficult for them not to consider ramifications on their constituencies . |
| 16 | But this also seems to make it more difficult for them to look at changes generated from within the state system itself , whose importance is stressed by Rhodes ( 1985 ) . |
| 17 | Littler was a wily businessman who knew very well that things were difficult for them and realized how badly they needed his business . |
| 18 | Far from being a luxury or a peripheral activity , music often meets basic needs : ‘ There exist a good many people for whom music is so important that it is difficult for them to conceive of life without it . |
| 19 | It was also suggested that the Board had insufficient knowledge of the Highlands and all this made it difficult for them to act correctly . |
| 20 | First , it may be difficult for them to relinquish the closeness and identification with their twin in favour of a marriage partner . |
| 21 | Most probably , having married their own problem in their unconscious choice of partner — one who also disappoints — it will be particularly difficult for them to convert this inevitably disappointing choice into conscious commitment . |
| 22 | It must be difficult for them to understand when the way that we use ‘ big ’ is so confusing . |
| 23 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 24 | Even if they are not visibly disabled , some elderly people reach a stage in their lives when slight muscular weakness and general frailty , combined with a natural anxiety about crossing roads or being jostled off their feet in crowded places , makes going out difficult for them . |
| 25 | ‘ It would only have cost us 16p but banks should provide a service for the public and not make life difficult for them . |
| 26 | As a result it is difficult for them to make business contacts . |
| 27 | When people are used to , say , £1 of their limited housekeeping money going each Friday to nice Mr Jones when he calls , it must be very difficult for them even to consider diverting that money into a different spending channel which would instead involve them — rather than Mr Jones — in all the work of paying it in . |
| 28 | What all this suggests is that people themselves may anticipate that a particular type of credit would be difficult for them to arrange , and therefore simply do not apply for it . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
| 30 | If Andrew Morton , the paparazzi , the Press and the public were to take a similar interest in your marriage or mine , I 'm sure it would n't be difficult for them to pinpoint dramatic cracks in our relationships . |