Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] difficult [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But , it 's often difficult because quite often they come up and to be absolutely honest they 're not that good .
2 It 's so difficult and frustrating for parents and one feels so isolated , and one needs to discuss these problems with other parents and the parents working together , of course , could do so much in erm getting units started and getting people to understand this problem .
3 It 's more difficult than I thought actually .
4 So it 's easier than you said it 's more difficult than if you want to get clear recordings .
5 it 's more difficult as you get older .
6 I think , I think in fact you 're , you 're not having the problems that we 're having where it 's very difficult so you 've got er a really nice representation but have n't quite gone far enough .
7 They agree that the States beckon for a second time but Melanie says : ‘ It 's very difficult because America 's so segregated , and it 's horrifying to see how much prejudice there is , really .
8 erm it 's very difficult because the actual prices that we charge are , in fact , trade prices .
9 And then it is extremely difficult if you are not white not to become very angry with life it 's very difficult and then you hear that in Trafalgar Square someone demonstrated Canon or or Barbara and then you say no !
10 They er well I think constitutionally it 's very difficult and this is why there is now in a similar sense as why I suggested it to you as a subject , because not only it was er a very emotional story of a glamorous young woman saying I ca n't cope with being treated by the media and other people , I 'm going to retreat but what made it so historic and therefore the treatment of it 's so interesting , was that it presented such an extraordinary constitutional position
11 It 's very difficult and there are training courses all over the country .
12 It 's very difficult until they can sort of reactions a bit quicker
13 It 's very difficult as well because when
14 The introduction of smoke into a gas flow without unduly disturbing it is rather difficult except in wind-tunnels specially designed for the purpose .
15 However , it is generally difficult and , for the purposes of translation not particularly helpful , to attempt to draw a line between what is linguistic or textual and what is extra-linguistic or situational .
16 Because it is both difficult and painful to maintain one 's stomach in a state of emptiness , we can not doubt that there are powerful psychic motivations for sustaining such an activity , which is not only abnormal , but directly contrary to both physiological and social pressures .
17 The new undergraduate rooms in the Hodgkin Quadrangle have proved a most welcome addition now that it is both difficult and expensive for undergraduates to find accommodation on the open market .
18 What is special about nut-cracking is that it is particularly difficult and energy-demanding , and an adult standard of performance is reached only after 10 years of practice .
19 As with foreign service premia , hardship allowances are normally calculated as a percentage of salary — with higher percentages , sometimes 30 per cent or more , applying in areas where it is particularly difficult or unpleasant to live and work .
20 Classic business theory tells us that it is increasingly difficult when the market begins to mature for new entrants to gain a significant position at a realistic cost .
21 It is very difficult and extremely inefficient to explain the use of various specific tools for information retrieval in the absence of the source materials .
22 ‘ I think if any couple goes through a separation , it is very difficult and I sympathise with them , ’ he said .
23 Your comment that there should be ‘ a clear distinction between medicolegal intervention requested by the police and health care ’ may be an ideal but in practice it is often difficult if not impossible to distinguish clearly between the two .
24 In addition , it is always difficult when looking for very rare events — there is supposed to be only one W secay into electrons or positrons for every 200000 proton-antiproton collisions — to be sure that the large ‘ background ’ from other processes is well enough understood and that it has not ‘ faked ’ the signal required .
25 And then it is extremely difficult if you are not white not to become very angry with life it 's very difficult and then you hear that in Trafalgar Square someone demonstrated Canon or or Barbara and then you say no !
26 If you are asking me where the remedy lies , my answer is that I have told you before and I shall go on telling you , and you know perfectly well what it is , though everybody thinks that it is too difficult and that therefore there must be a different remedy .
27 Whether it is more difficult than selling only to the domestic market is a debatable point , but success depends to a large extent on the attitude and approach of the firm and the personal qualities of the salespeople — not every salesperson is suited to such a task from the point of view of understanding and empathy with the foreign market concerned .
28 This is acceptable in the textbook , and can even be made to work on audio , but it is more difficult when we can see real people in a real setting on video .
29 Because the body clock tends to ‘ run slow ’ , advancing it is more difficult and this explains why it takes longer to adapt ( see Table 11.3 ) .
30 Producers use built sets and fake locations to portray the setting of the story — Toronto has made millions of dollars ‘ being ’ New York , because it is so difficult and expensive to film in the Big Apple nowadays .
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