Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] is very difficult " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is rather like putting the cart before the horse and it is very difficult later to take up the study of the horse when all previous emphasis has been placed upon the cart ! |
| 2 | The current rate of increase in the number of books , periodicals and learned journals being published is exponential and it is very difficult for a student to keep abreast of developments in a particular field . |
| 3 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a lot of denial and it is very difficult to talk about the abuse when it is happening to you , especially if you are a researcher as you do n't have much contact with the person on a regular basis , ’ Ogg says . |
| 5 | ‘ They will regard it as a very important match and it is very difficult fixture for us . ’ |
| 6 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 7 | This is true , but even Daly would not exclude preglacial subsidence and it is very difficult to demonstrate the date of subsidence in many examples . |
| 8 | Proprietary life assurance companies are no different in this respect but it is very difficult to ascertain the amounts of profit arising from individual contracts and the exact period of time over which they can be said to have been earned . |
| 9 | ‘ But this man attacked the nurse for no apparent reason and it is very difficult to legislate for that sort of behaviour . ’ |