Example sentences of "it difficult for them [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The welfare state therefore acts as a ceiling over the heads of those on low incomes , making it difficult for them to move up through their own efforts . |
| 2 | He is also sceptical or the argument that parasuicides and the unemployed are linked by personality disorders which make it difficult for them to hold down jobs . |
| 3 | It was also suggested that the Board had insufficient knowledge of the Highlands and all this made it difficult for them to act correctly . |
| 4 | It had seemed an impossible dream at the time ; but to have an impossible dream was a harmless comfort , and their love and respect for Rabbi Moishe made it difficult for them to grudge him their co-operation . |
| 5 | The enemy opened up with machine guns , but the glare of fires made it difficult for them to aim accurately . |
| 6 | It was agreed that the growing diversity of pressures upon schools made it difficult for them to adapt intelligently and consistently . |
| 7 | The sheer bulk of the material makes it difficult for them to do otherwise . |
| 8 | It marked them off from other men and made it difficult for them to settle down to the dull conformity of civilian existence after the war . |
| 9 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |
| 10 | The traditional role of women in some cultures makes it difficult for them to approach or be approached by the school . |
| 11 | But the craftsmen 's talents were crippled by unemployment , while high taxation on the former governing classes made it difficult for them to commission buildings or goods of a quality acceptable to Lutyens and his contemporaries . |
| 12 | Today , of course , the importance of political parties makes it difficult for members of Parliament to claim to represent all their constituents ; but equally makes it difficult for them to assume delegate roles . |
| 13 | ‘ He has tried to draft in fresh faces , and found it difficult for them to fit in . |
| 14 | Banks entered this market in a big way in the early 1980s , after the abolition of the ‘ corset ’ scheme , which inhibited the growth of their interest-bearing deposits and made it difficult for them to lend large sums without incurring financial penalties imposed by the Bank of England . |
| 15 | This is likely to make it difficult for them to check the reasonableness of their answers and to question their estimation of measurements . |
| 16 | Their duties made it difficult for them to meet frequently but they seized every opportunity to be together and their love grew stronger every day . |
| 17 | Clare 's solicitor explained to her that men often forced their wives to return by refusing to grant a divorce and making it difficult for them to obtain money — even when it was awarded by a court . |
| 18 | It also notes that teachers ' present contracts make it difficult for them to find time to run extra-curricular activities like choirs . |
| 19 | The use of restraints upon building investment as an economic regulator to prevent excess domestic demand made it difficult for them to achieve their targets . |
| 20 | Now again if you take a good look round the retired people in town there is , you just sit down on one of those benches in town and watch people for a bit , and you 'll see that a lot of them are deteriorating physically and that is making them , making it difficult for them to get about socially , shopping- wise and so on . |