Example sentences of "[det] is [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly this is most difficult to achieve when people 's objectives are in conflict , but even then , with skill , a win-win can be secured . |
| 2 | This is notoriously difficult to do but the difficulty should be yours not the client 's . |
| 3 | Quality standards require a system to identify any such conflict , but this is notoriously difficult to achieve . |
| 4 | The common law refused to grant damages for innocent misrepresentation but would do so in the tort of deceit if the representation was fraudulent , although this is notoriously difficult to prove ( Derry v Peek ( 1889 ) 14 App Cas 337 ) . |
| 5 | Some idea of relative size and hierarchical organisation is important , although without earthworks or clearly defined areas of finds this is often difficult to assess . |
| 6 | In practise , this is often difficult to achieve of course . |
| 7 | This is quite difficult to do and provides a great deal of fun . |
| 8 | This is quite difficult to do unless you are sure you want to give up that last feed . |
| 9 | Technically , this is quite difficult to play accurately up to speed ; I find the best approach is to try to maintain a very relaxed right hand wrist and to pick in the general area around the top end of the fingerboard . |
| 10 | This is quite difficult to apply , and is used more for fancy and wedding cakes than for fantasy cakes such as those described in this book . |
| 11 | But this is very difficult to do if income fluctuates . |
| 12 | This is very difficult to do , and unless the practitioner is careful she ends up resembling the Prime Minister feigning compassion in the face of some disaster . |
| 13 | This is very difficult to do when you do n't have a network up and running all the time . |
| 14 | This is very difficult to do when you do n't have a network up and running all the time . |
| 15 | This is very difficult to explain . |
| 16 | For those who credit Anselm with political perspicacity and a clear adhesion to the principles of Hildebrandine organization of the Church , this is very difficult to explain . |
| 17 | Little things left to build up cause long-term resentment , and this is very difficult to disperse once it is established . |
| 18 | But unless you know how to do this , and what it feels like , this is very difficult to gauge . |
| 19 | This is very difficult to prove in practice ! |
| 20 | Perhaps it is simply the case that this is very difficult to get at by methods which are feasible . |
| 21 | But in practice this is very difficult to achieve . |
| 22 | This is more difficult to diagnose , and so is more dangerous . |
| 23 | This is more difficult to analyse in those cases where the uncertainty is high , for example research projects , than in those where it is lower , as in production contracts . |
| 24 | Whilst this is more difficult to remember , it involves less typing . |
| 25 | This is extremely difficult to justify either in terms of legislative intent , or in terms of the relative competence of the two institutions . |
| 26 | It practice , this is extremely difficult to do ( Adams , 1976 ; Andrews , 1975 ; Shephard , 1967 ; Van Gundy , 1985 ) . |
| 27 | Since this is usually difficult to prove , they will often suggest changing it to " misled " , " misrepresented " or some other phrase which does not connote a particular state of mind . |
| 28 | As with any other economic decision , the aim is to achieve the right balance of benefit received from cost incurred , while recognizing that this is usually difficult to measure . |
| 29 | The former is capable of being reasonably assessed over the course of the interview(s) ; the latter is more difficult to deal with . |
| 30 | Account also has to be taken of the distribution of investment between branches of industry and of the intensity and efficiency of capital use — though the latter is extremely difficult to measure . |