Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] difficult not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Its success will depend upon people believing that Mr Lamont knows what he was doing , and that his forecasts are reliable ; and it is difficult not to reflect that an alternative Chancellor would have had carried more conviction . |
2 | It is difficult not to notice that the ‘ bundle of sticks ’ is reminiscent of the Roman fasces , the bundle of rods with a protruding axe-head , carried before Roman consuls as a sign of the state authority of Rome , and adopted by Mussolini as a symbol of the movement he led to power in 1922 , whence the word ‘ fascist ’ . |
3 | It is difficult not to conclude that the motive for the ‘ allegations ’ was the political self-interest of the government . |
4 | It is difficult not to believe that they attached too much importance to Law 's availability . |
5 | Hunt as the Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of the Abbey must have been involved , and it is difficult not to assume that he had a conflict of loyalties in this transaction . |
6 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
7 | Perhaps much of what Sickert taught does not have relevance to all of us today ; perhaps many of his doctrines are outworn , his opinions unsystematic , but looking at the smouldering vigour of the painting , and the sinewy strength of the drawing in the works now on view at the Royal Academy , it is difficult not to feel that here is the work of a real artist , of a man who knew what he was doing — and why . |
8 | It was difficult not knowing if we 'd be able to give Eleanor everything we wanted to give her and knowing there were things she needed that we could n't afford . |