Example sentences of "[coord] [be] difficult [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Deposits of late-glacial age that accumulated in small closed basins within glacial drift in the valleys are now often covered by a thick mantle of peat and are difficult to locate except by extensive systematic borings .
2 Smith suggests that ‘ the concept of policy denotes … deliberate choice of action or inaction , rather than the effects of interrelating forces ’ : he emphasizes ‘ inaction ’ and reminds us that ‘ attention should not focus exclusively on decisions which produce change , but must also be sensitive to those which resist change and are difficult to observe because they are not represented in the policy-making process by legislative enactment ’ .
3 I think he 's got a whole metaphor going in this poem between wild animals and things that exist freely and are difficult to find and poems which are things that exist and have their own life but they are also difficult to find .
4 Although heavy in frame , an Akita moves with surprising speed and power , and is difficult to stop if determined in his actions .
5 The pace was slow as much of the lighting , chandeliers , etc , had fallen to the ground in the previous explosion and was difficult to avoid and run through .
6 Sareks is especially good , but is difficult to reach and explore .
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