Example sentences of "it [adv] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 2 | Chris Patten , the Secretary of State for the Environment , later countered : ‘ If the Labour Party are accusing us of an electoral bribe , it shows that they find it rather difficult to criticise us on any other grounds . ’ |
| 3 | The English language is particularly rich in words we can use to describe our emotions , which makes it rather difficult to assess how many basic emotions there are . |
| 4 | With × 7 I find it rather difficult to see . |
| 5 | There 's a practical point here too — you may find it rather difficult to find an elegant belt suitable for evening wear . |
| 6 | Everything large or furry has been shot and eaten or skinned , or if it has n't been , it runs away while you 're still a long way off , which makes it rather difficult to film . |
| 7 | Projectile weapons will kill anyone you want , but I 'd find it rather difficult to drill through the tunnel floor with an old Browning . ’ |
| 8 | He 's got the kind of seriousness which he admires , and a certain way of leaning forward as he shows Howard round , as if he is eager to understand the world but finds it rather difficult . |
| 9 | Now I know some of you will find d er find it rather difficult to distinguish between those two . |
| 10 | I know that in some parts of the country , notably in the north-east , one or two local authorities have made it rather difficult for protective street furniture to be erected along the sides of roads where there has been ram-raiding . |
| 11 | Oh yes I think , I think you need a focal point , I think , I 'd find it rather difficult without a fireplace at all . |
| 12 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |
| 13 | So , is n't it rather difficult to adapt to what must seem like some of the trivial aches and pains suffered by his patients in England ? |
| 14 | It is when there are two diners present , even when one of them is one 's own employer , that one finds it most difficult to achieve that balance between attentiveness and the illusion of absence that is essential to good waiting ; it is in this situation that one is rarely free of the suspicion that one 's presence is inhibiting the conversation . |
| 15 | Sadly , it has been all too often the case that it is precisely in this area that individuals and agencies have found it most difficult to co-operate . |
| 16 | In these experiments subjects have invariably found it most difficult to remain awake in the hours between midnight and noon , with a revival every afternoon . |
| 17 | Such ventures , however , left out those who were most disturbed or withdrawn and hence who found it most difficult to work ; these were left to idle their time away on the wards , and it was always a struggle to find sufficient financial investment in equipment and raw materials to establish and maintain occupational ventures . |
| 18 | So , I gather , has Salman Rushdie , whose lack of freedom of movement might , one would have thought , have made it somewhat difficult for him to carry out such a duty . |
| 19 | All items need looking at : benefits , child care allowances , maintenance and the court procedures which make it so difficult to vary an order . |
| 20 | It must now face the imperial impotence that Britain has found it so difficult to adapt to . |
| 21 | The family was intensely upset , knowing that Dawn was potentially capable of physical independence , even though her spasticity made it so difficult for her to move normally . |
| 22 | Why was it so difficult to get ministers to meet ( a judgement , incidentally , buttressed by a careful reading of the Franks Report ) ? |
| 23 | These patients can experience many kinds of problems when in a different environment such as increased stiffening of the back and limbs due to lack of exercise because they find it so difficult to get out of the hospital chair ; and incontinence for the same reason . |
| 24 | Why is it that some people find it so difficult to accommodate the idea that providing immediate relief to human suffering can go alongside campaigning for longer term solu-tions ? |
| 25 | And answer me this : if it was so easy to chop Woman 's Hour why is it so difficult to abolish the House of Lords ? |
| 26 | On the other hand the modern world , which finds it so difficult to deal with evil , nearly always treats the Devil as a figure of fun if it rejects the monster personification . |
| 27 | It also helps congregations understand why they are finding it so difficult to reach ‘ resistant areas ’ for which they feel a responsibility . |
| 28 | SOME banks make it so difficult to open an account . |
| 29 | What made it so difficult for Spaniards during the 1930s to coexist peacefully ? |
| 30 | That we are able to speak to each other gives rise to the complexity of language-games that we are able to play , yet find it so difficult to describe . |