Example sentences of "would [verb] [been] difficult for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , he enjoyed the chairmanship and gets very cross if anyone suggests that it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot . |
| 2 | Without demonstrable concern for their welfare and the active promotion of an identity of interests it would have been difficult for a party of landed and industrial power to retain authority ( for an historical survey of this see McKenzie and Silver 1968 pp 42–73 ) . |
| 3 | There was so much rubbish and broken glass littered about anyway that it would have been difficult for anyone to climb out without making a lot of noise . |
| 4 | ‘ It would have been difficult for him on his own in a strange country on the other side of the world . |
| 5 | She did n't shake hands — it would have been difficult for her , anyway , sitting in the car — but as I pondered on the word ‘ princess ’ and bowed slightly , she said , ‘ So you are Doctor Masters ? |
| 6 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 7 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |
| 8 | Certainly it would have been difficult for the estate to know which ore came from where . |
| 9 | There was no single set pattern of subjects , but it would have been difficult for a school to neglect totally those regarded as basic and normal . |
| 10 | ‘ A normal baby arrives head first to make childbirth as easy as possible — and even that would have been difficult for her , given her narrow pelvis — You do know what and where a pelvis is , I hope , McAllister ? ’ |
| 11 | It would have been difficult for the women to explain their cases to DHSS officials and lawyers , with screaming children in tow . |
| 12 | And perhaps secondly erm there is not a body of information which has been submitted to er this examination public which advises you in detail on the various issues that we think need to be addressed leading to the erm proposal occasions and I would have thought it would have been difficult for the panel to come to a a conclusion but I may be wrong on that . |
| 13 | I was there , as I said , for two and a half years , so it would have been difficult for the teachers to respond to my presence in an artificial way because I was there for such a long time . |
| 14 | I was there , as I have said , for two and a half years , so it would have been difficult for the teachers to erm respond to my presence erm in an artificial way because I was there for such a long time . |