Sentence examples for are difficult to place from inspiring English sources

Although often thought of as evolutionarily ancient, they have many characteristics not shared by any other vertebrates, and thus are difficult to place into the phylogeny of reptiles.

They cover some countries in much greater detail than others and there are lots of political parties that are difficult to place ideologically.

Most of Draper's performances, in contrast, are difficult to place in time, even though much of the material is a century old.

Fossils of this antiquity are difficult to place in time because they lie beyond the effective reach of radiocarbon (C-14) dating and also are difficult to date by most other methods.

The research found that schools that acted as their own admissions authority were more likely to be non-compliant with the national admissions codes, fail to publish their admission arrangements in time, use "unnecessarily complex criteria" and be reluctant to accept children who are difficult to place.

Many employers report that dual-career couples are difficult to place and view this "potential recruitment issue" negatively.

As a collection, "Midnight Magic" is difficult to place.

On the political spectrum of Chinese filmmakers, Jia is difficult to place.

"We've discovered that a hundred million dollars might be difficult to place," Omidyar told me.

He spoke in clipped tones that were difficult to place geographically and socially.

Kipling, the "bard of empire", has always been difficult to place in the cultural pantheon.