Example sentences of "it is [adv] difficult [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Describing Bell Lawrie as ‘ old friends of ours ’ , Brewin 's managing director , John Hall said yesterday : ‘ We are at the moment in negotiations , but it is pretty difficult to say too much until it is clear where we are going . ’ |
| 2 | It is pretty difficult to carry on a conversation like that , let alone write a scientific paper . |
| 3 | The basic premise of this approach is so startlingly simple that it is rather difficult to explain how damaging it actually is . |
| 4 | It is rather difficult to explain that . |
| 5 | There is also a division between professionals and amateurs , though at times it is rather difficult to draw the line . |
| 6 | A hearer who interpreted [ 20 ] as conveying [ 21 ] would have not have captured the full meaning of the utterance : On the other hand , it is rather difficult to say what exactly it fails to capture . |
| 7 | It is rather difficult to talk about human memory because we do n't know how the brain works in detail . |
| 8 | It is rather difficult to reconcile this with the ability of major brands in heavily advertised markets to establish and maintain their reputations over many years . |
| 9 | it is rather difficult to know whether this is support for Krashen 's proposal or not , but it certainly implies the separation of the process of meaning construction from the determination of final output form . |
| 10 | It is rather difficult to communicate the emotion of gloom and at the same time radiate joy . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 12 | It is equally difficult to deny that the radioactive fall-out from a nuclear explosion in fact consists of a cloud of poisonous gases . |
| 13 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 14 | It is equally difficult to present the ‘ Liberal Toryism ’ of the 1820s or Sir Robert Peel 's economic liberalism as precursors of ‘ libertarian ’ Conservatism . |
| 15 | It is equally difficult to work out what will happen to the ice sheets at the poles . |
| 16 | Apart from the problems of precisely delimiting areas that are experiencing desertification , it is equally difficult to determine whether or not rates of desertification are increasing . |
| 17 | It is exceptionally difficult to make predictions about the effect of the DR-shift with any accuracy ; and it is a matter of concern to the University that even when the shift has been completed it will not be possible to say ( either at this University or , probably , at any other university ) how much is being recovered as additional direct costs . |
| 18 | The defendants at the time of the victims ' deaths were presumably unconscious and it is accordingly difficult to attribute to them any mens rea . |
| 19 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
| 20 | It is generally difficult to find recurrent contrasts of form in which they participate , let alone recurrent semantic contrasts — and they do not respond to any of the rescue strategies . |
| 21 | What should you do if you do n't live in London , and find that it is financially difficult to pay for such courses ? |
| 22 | It is frightfully difficult to make inexperienced pilots realise the necessity of even so small a formation as two aircraft keeping one up above looking out while the other is attacking the Hun . |
| 23 | It is thus difficult to predict the precise spatial outcome of establishing a monetary union within the EC . |
| 24 | Little detail is provided , however , and it is thus difficult to evaluate his work fully . |
| 25 | It is particularly difficult to maintain smooth phenylalanine control in subjects with severe enzyme deficiency , in whom even a minor feverish illness or fall in energy intake may lead to a rise in phenylalanine concentrations . |
| 26 | Moreover , within the Brompton study data , it is particularly difficult to interpret the regression coefficients ( which are adjusted for concurrent weight throughout ) in the youngest age groups . |
| 27 | While many of these ideas have lost some of their tenacity , the length of life of the housing stock and the sluggishness of change in urban structure means that it is particularly difficult to change house design to conform to changes in the position of women in society in general and the family in particular . |
| 28 | As is the case with full time care , the ideal form of short-term care is fostering , but here it is again difficult to find the potential foster parents . |
| 29 | According to Neal , two of the patterns which it is most difficult to plan accurately are eight-lozenge star arrangements and arrangements of " juggled " , interlaced squares . |
| 30 | Certainly it is frequently difficult to know ‘ what to make of ’ ( a revealing phrase ) data collected in this fashion , unless the whole enterprise is very carefully controlled and supplemented by on-the-spot observations made by experienced researchers . |