Example sentences of "[vb mod] be difficult for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be difficult for them to understand when the way that we use ‘ big ’ is so confusing . |
| 2 | and you sort of say , do you think it would be useful if we talked about reception because that 's something y you 're not doing quite as frequently but it 's obviously , it must be difficult for you to fit in to that because you 're not doing it all the time . |
| 3 | First , it may be difficult for them to relinquish the closeness and identification with their twin in favour of a marriage partner . |
| 4 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 5 | As further children arrive the mother will more and more be taken up with their care and their needs in general ; it may be difficult for her to strike a balance of attention to offspring and husband which will satisfy the needs of all including her own . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It may be difficult for you to do any more than this if your time with the video machine is very limited , and the only materials you have are non-ELT programmes . |
| 8 | ‘ Alas , ’ El-Gharbi commiserated , ‘ then it may be difficult for you to find the price my information commands in the market . ’ |
| 9 | It may be difficult for you to make instantaneous response to what is said . |
| 10 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 11 | What all this suggests is that people themselves may anticipate that a particular type of credit would be difficult for them to arrange , and therefore simply do not apply for it . |
| 12 | Out of the places which I have mentioned , it would be difficult for me to choose my favourite destination and my worst destination . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Small blame to him , of course ; it would be difficult for anyone to believe it . |
| 16 | It would be difficult for us to fund it on our own ’ . |
| 17 | It would be difficult for us to object to Government amendments Nos. 26 and 27 since , as I recall , they arose from amendments that we tabled in Committee . |
| 18 | However , it has been so dramatic that I think it would be difficult for us to say that it was due to anything but the dietary changes , especially in view of the double-blind trial . ’ |
| 19 | Now there would be a certain logic in this incorporation , for , if we were to have a Bill of Rights enforced in Britain , then in a situation in which we have ratified the European Convention it would be difficult for us to bypass these rights and draw up a completely new set . |
| 20 | Blindcraft is a sheltered workshop , so it would be difficult for us to make a profit . ’ |
| 21 | Clearly the phrase can mean anything one likes : it would be difficult for anybody to refuse to sign up to such a worthy aim as international understanding . |
| 22 | It would be difficult for 'er to get back'ards and for'ards , and she were on her own all the time . |
| 23 | Erm I would have thought and it 's a personal immediate reaction at this stage , it would be difficult for you to come to a conclusion on the appropriate district location . |
| 24 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 25 | It will be difficult for him to enforce his writ in the far-flung reaches of the country . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And McCall , the driving force in Rangers ' 2–1 European Cup win at Elland Road , said : ‘ Leeds have great character and ability and I hope they go on to do well this season , but it will be difficult for them to pick themselves up from this . |
| 28 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 29 | If they do not have such a grounding , it will be difficult for them to pursue more advanced studies subsequently , especially in ‘ vertebrate ’ subjects such as mathematics and science ; also , a merely partial or incomplete exposure to such forms of knowledge sells them short in terms of human thought , indeed of the very concept of mind . |
| 30 | It is in the nature of the phenomenon of deviance that it will be difficult for anyone to study both sides of the process and accurately capture the perspectives of both classes of participants , rule-breakers and rule-enforcers . |