Example sentences of "is [adv] difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , since there are so many possible explanations , the correct one is most difficult to ascertain . |
| 2 | Clearly this is most difficult to achieve when people 's objectives are in conflict , but even then , with skill , a win-win can be secured . |
| 3 | Although in theory speechreading should be particularly useful in circumstances where hearing is most difficult , in practice aid-users find that a barrage of distorted sounds can interfere with concentration . |
| 4 | Many ageing people hide behind the facade of ‘ being all right ’ , and this is often one which is most difficult for the counsellor to penetrate ( Scrutton , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | I hope to show that the incompetence that is most difficult to correct is tightly coupled with skilfulness . |
| 6 | The problem is most difficult when it comes to the supplier 's sales and marketing people gaining access to decision-makers . |
| 7 | According to Neal , two of the patterns which it is most difficult to plan accurately are eight-lozenge star arrangements and arrangements of " juggled " , interlaced squares . |
| 8 | There is also a division between professionals and amateurs , though at times it is rather difficult to draw the line . |
| 9 | It is rather difficult accurately to describe the idiosyncratic monument by Maximilian Colt at St Peter 's , Edensor , in Derbyshire to the First Earl of Devonshire ( d.1625 ) and his brother , Henry Cavendish ( d.1616 ) — perhaps the closest parallel would be a marble armoire with dressing-table in front , the whole flanked by two fearsome martial figures . |
| 10 | That is something that is rather difficult to define in present-day Iran . |
| 11 | * It is rather difficult to get a comparison in money values . |
| 12 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 13 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 14 | Yet the book is rather difficult to read and the general reader may become discouraged after picking it up , despite the attraction of the illustrations and lay-out . |
| 15 | It is rather difficult to reconcile this with the ability of major brands in heavily advertised markets to establish and maintain their reputations over many years . |
| 16 | The discovery of a full normal form is rather difficult . |
| 17 | As we have seen the true extent of the migration to Coniston is rather difficult to determine at this stage , but many of the newcomers possessed certain skills which the mine was quite happy to take advantage of , in addition to their abilities as miners . |
| 18 | It is rather difficult to communicate the emotion of gloom and at the same time radiate joy . |
| 19 | It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we do n't know how the brain works in detail . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 21 | It is rather difficult to explain that . |
| 22 | The problem of assessing which of the team members has made a large enough contribution to the result to warrant their name appearing in the author list for the published paper is rather difficult . |
| 23 | The problem of assessing which of the team members has made a large enough contribution to the result to warrant their name appearing in the author list for the published paper is rather difficult . |
| 24 | The introduction of smoke into a gas flow without unduly disturbing it is rather difficult except in wind-tunnels specially designed for the purpose . |
| 25 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 26 | It 's part of the set-up here that foreigners are treated as tremendously privileged guests , who are kept in a sort of cotton-wool cocoon such that contact with ordinary people is rather difficult . |
| 27 | There are over 1,000 miles of public footpaths and bridleways within the national park boundaries and with vast numbers of walkers being sucked into the Lake District and Peak District , finding a quiet spot is rarely difficult . |
| 28 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
| 29 | Olson argued that in fact collective action is remarkably difficult to secure for some groups . |
| 30 | Given the complexity of the issues involved here , and the fact that discussions which gave rise to teacher comment were frequently lengthy and often contentious , any attempted summary of remarks is necessarily difficult . |