Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] difficult [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother , who came from a staunchly ‘ church ’ family , used to express her antipathy when she often declared , ‘ He 's nothing but a chapel dodger , ’ and it 's difficult to describe the scorn that she would put into the phrase . |
| 2 | And it 's difficult to do when it 's not your language . |
| 3 | The 26-valve GTi pales into insignificance against this car and it 's difficult to see how the three-door Rallye road car could convincingly better this Golf stablemate . |
| 4 | Again this causes blurring and it 's difficult to see near details . |
| 5 | Well you ca n't create stability , the Communist Party ca n't sort of I mean cos that 's what , sort of hindering long term investments and that how peasants do n't feel that how that things are secure , they and it 's difficult to see what the Communist Party could 've done |
| 6 | You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ? |
| 7 | However , it 's not easy to drive nails exactly where you want them , especially into walls , and it 's difficult to get them out again once they 're in . |
| 8 | Their two main disadvantages are that they can discolour with time unless an ultra-violet light stabiliser is incorporated in the plastic , and it 's difficult to fit security devices to them ( so make sure good locks are fitted as standard ) . |
| 9 | That problem has n't been solved and it 's difficult to understand . |
| 10 | It is a big job , it does n't just mean changing the colour of your stock , er , and it 's difficult to think of erm , er , Alan wearing the purple so to say , but erm , I 'm sure he , I went to his consecration in York about two months ago , it was a very moving and er , enjoyable occasion and he 's erm , er , now entered upon that inheritance . |
| 11 | It is not advisable to attempt this walk in conditions of poor visibility since the plateau is featureless and it 's difficult to know when you are close to the Ben Crom crags . |
| 12 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 13 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 14 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 15 | But it was still not enough to overcome the crisis , and it is difficult to quarrel with the verdict of many of Hoover 's critics — " too little , too late " . |
| 16 | No details were given of the glycaemic control or other metabolic parameters of the two groups of diabetics studied ( Davis et al , 1982 ) , and it is difficult to account for these findings . |
| 17 | There are many variations in temperament and it is difficult to classify them into strictly defined groups . |
| 18 | To be sure , these are gradations not distinctions , and it is difficult to say where one ends and the other begins . |
| 19 | Agricultural research organisations in most countries are affected periodically by shortage of money or political instability , and it is difficult to assure the continuity for breeding tree crops such as cocoa . |
| 20 | But the high-tech ( not to speak of nuclear ) battlefield is unlikely to present this opportunity often ; and it is difficult to envisage the ‘ opting out ’ of any sizeable formations in light of the integrated command structure and dependency upon Soviet communications nets . |
| 21 | Wulfhere 's reign is primarily distinguished in the surviving record , however , by his re-establishment of the Mercians as a significant political and military force in southern England and it is difficult to envisage Oswiu , king of the northern Angles , maintaining after c . |
| 22 | However , it is not immediately obvious why this should be , and it is difficult to conjecture a mechanism whereby , once slowed , the spin could then be speeded up again . |
| 23 | ‘ In 10 years things change so much , and it is difficult to name one player . |
| 24 | The project is at its very early stages and it is difficult to predict what the eventual impact will be . |
| 25 | And it is difficult to leave them . |
| 26 | It is not easy to give a friend a ride in a wheelbarrow , because of the problems of balance , and it is difficult to carry sand and soil on a trolley with low or slatted sides . |
| 27 | Energy efficiency drives became popular following the oil price rises in the 1970s , and more recently in 1990 , but energy efficiency is a rather dull topic and it is difficult to sustain interest . |
| 28 | 9.13.3 the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord against any damage occasioned to the Premises and any actions claims proceedings cost expenses and demands made against the Landlord caused by or related to the presence of the property in or on the Premises This provision has become rather popular of late and it is difficult to argue against its inclusion . |
| 29 | The Iranians already had a considerable religious heritage and it is difficult to decide how much of Zoroastrianism is due to the reforms introduced by Zarathustra . |
| 30 | It is in fact an argument about Godwin 's ideas , and it is difficult to decide whether to assign the victory to Godwin or to the more conservative philosophy which Wordsworth was now beginning to embrace . |