Example sentences of "difficulty [prep] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no difficulty about taking tension in a thin membrane , the problem is how to take compression without causing the skin to buckle . |
| 2 | The main snag with binaural stereo , apart from the inconvenience of listening through headphones , is the difficulty of distinguishing front from rear sound , and getting a clear feeling of height . |
| 3 | And Mogg believes that the difficulty of ordering tea in the Waldorf Hotel these days is symptomatic of the decline of an empire , a feeling I 'm sure we 've all experienced from time to time . |
| 4 | The main problem was the difficulty of reaching agreement about eliminating the many non-tariff barriers ( NTBs ) which hindered free movement . |
| 5 | There 's more , about blips , and the difficulty of achieving perspective within one lifetime , but I have n't written that bit yet . |
| 6 | Another concern related to the difficulty of providing information on the productivity of the R&D expenditure incurred . |
| 7 | The real weakness of any players ' union lay in the difficulty of maintaining solidarity amongst its members . |
| 8 | But perhaps what these discussions about Henderson 's research illustrate most graphically is the considerable conceptual and methodological difficulty of conducting research on social support . |
| 9 | But they were very difficult to prove , or to use as the basis of generalization , because of the difficulty of isolating TV as a causal factor . |
| 10 | Not badly at all , given the immense difficulty of restoring credibility to Labour as a party of government . |
| 11 | The main problem with such a claim in the employment context is the difficulty of separating knowledge of business methods from the general skills etc of the employee . |
| 12 | Difficulty of separating production from consumption in that many services are consumed as they are produced . |
| 13 | This illustrates the difficulty of confining provision of a sought-after service to low-income groups ( Goodin and Le Grand , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | This change was made , for a transitional period , administratively and without any new legislation , presumably because of the difficulty of finding time in the parliamentary timetable to amend the 1958 Act . |
| 15 | The difficulty of finding room for his guests in so small a house was farthest from Coleridge 's mind . |
| 16 | Thus , the difficulty of deciphering the cultural code has been compounded by the difficulty of gaining access to the devices for its decoding . |
| 17 | But what comes across from the letters is an overwhelming ignorance about female physiology and sexuality , the difficulty of gaining access to information , and a lack of privacy in their homes that would have rendered the use of female methods of birth control extremely difficult . |
| 18 | The principal difficulty with an officer 's place in an East Indiaman was its insecurity and the difficulty of obtaining advancement in rank . |
| 19 | The difficulty of applying life-style to marketing decisions is best illustrated by the " Yuppy " . |
| 20 | But they illustrated the difficulty of purging language of all causal terminology . |
| 21 | Yet in almost every case of this kind the difficulty of relating theory to practice , of showing that radically reforming policies were inspired or even strongly influenced by theories of enlightened government , is marked . |
| 22 | Because of the difficulty of assessing software before purchase i.e. the lack of objective reviews at the time and the fact that no " on approval " facilities were available , several bad purchases were made when software was first acquired . |
| 23 | There 's the same difficulty with achieving liberation on a collective scale . |
| 24 | The initial difficulty with discussing curvature in our three-dimensional world is best appreciated by referring to the analogous case of a two-dimensional being living in a curved two-dimensional surface . |
| 25 | Difficulties about securing uniformity of approach to such seemingly uncomplicated measurements were experienced early in the trials of the system . |
| 26 | In 1899 one York wife responded to a question about the difficulties of providing footwear for her family in the following way : |
| 27 | These approaches ( directed primarily at the River plate nations and Mexico ) were thwarted by the difficulties of sustaining commerce over such long distances and by the political complications discussed above . |
| 28 | The Labour Party rebuff had impressed the ILP leaders with the difficulties of maintaining contact with the Labour movement while allied with the Communist Party . |
| 29 | The difficulties of achieving comparability of sampling , measurement , and outcome criteria across cultures are enormous but have been addressed in the WHO 's transcultural schizophrenia research programme , where in one study a cross-sectional sample covering eight countries was followed up over two years . |
| 30 | Public examination statistics have regularly been collected although difficulties of establishing comparability over time , and across different examination boards and subjects , have reduced their usefulness for assessing the performance of the education system as a whole . |