Example sentences of "[modal v] be difficult for him [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seller can give his instructions to the person in actual possession of the goods , but it may be difficult for him to discover who that is , if , for example , the goods are on the railways . |
| 2 | Whatever formal characteristics Lyons might attribute to English in theory , in practice it would be difficult for him to sustain the claim that ‘ it is possible to address someone or talk about someone in English without indicating one 's relative social status or attitude ’ . |
| 3 | He refused to send his horses to be shod at our smithy after that ; for once the smith 's verdict got around it would be difficult for him to sell the mare . |
| 4 | It will be difficult for him to enforce his writ in the far-flung reaches of the country . |
| 5 | The set of retroflex consonants in Tamil will also require special drilling for the English speaker , and the dental consonants will be difficult for him to hear as being different from his own alveolar consonants . |