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Blackburn had a difficult away game early on, down at Portsmouth where they have spent a bit of money and had high expectations.

In 1989, we were trying to do a lot in a difficult climate, and we too often took our frustrations out on each other.

Illustration of a difficult idea is often effective in classes.

In Europe, delays in admitting that Greece borrowed too much turned what might have been a difficult but manageable problem into a calamity.

That was a difficult battle. I shall bear a scar or two to remind me of it.

Harry Reid, the party's leader in the Senate, faces a difficult election fight in Nevada: he said the mosque should go somewhere else.

Dropout issue of elementary school students has always been a difficult problem for education leadership at all levels.

I don't think it wise for [of] him to choose such a difficult subject.

One of the hardest things a dad has to do is watch his young son or daughter take on a difficult task and fail at it.

You just try to contest [me], make every shot a difficult one and try to deny the ball as much as you possibly can.

The fartlek can be a difficult workout, and if you don't warm up and cool down, you could have some very sore muscles the next day.

It is unfortunate that all of you who worked so hard through a difficult environment over the last few years now have to respond to this.

and the operations of a chemist in performing a difficult and complex analysis by means of his balance and finely graded weights.

So, I've been able to use hiking to create a career, but it has been a difficult path to pursue.

It is such a difficult problem that none of us can work it out.

But just they got to the door, a man suddenly asked the driver a difficult question.

Now began a difficult time for Colin and Mary. Dickon told his mother about it one evening as he was digging the cottage garden.

You don't seem to understand the futility of trying to prepare for such a difficult examination in only three months.

Unlike McKinsey, the research council included transportation, acknowledging that it would be a difficult sector to transform quickly.

Hopefully we'll have time on Friday to do a bit of team play and get them ready for the game, but it's a difficult situation.

Compassionate care for the dying has always been a difficult issue for doctors of any age.

I am not trying to suggest that we should forget about climate change. It looks likely to put our children in a difficult situation.

It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered the storm beautifully.

called upon to address the court to help clear up a difficult legal point or to explain something which is in the public interest.

Faced with a difficult situation, Tom decided to ask his boss for advice.

Fighting the flu has always been a difficult task, since the virus is constantly mutating and forming new strains.

The task of remaining neutral until the evidentiary presentation is complete is often a difficult one for the judge as well.

It has been a difficult season for him with operations, so I just think he has been trying to recover.

He had a difficult road, and he made it through his own internal drive to be great.

When the DPP raised the question of the Dalai Lama's visit they knew this put him in a difficult position.

Immanuel Kant is no doubt a difficult and, as Peter Rickman argues in his article, often misunderstood philosopher.

The elaborations of the plot made it a difficult book to read.

This may be a difficult choice to make and sometimes parents do not know where to begin.

How accurately evaluate the status of human resource in college is all along a difficult issue in human resource management of college.

This was a swift change for me and a difficult decision, but I feel that I chose the best person to take over here.

Rafa [Benitez] has been interested in my state, of course, because we have had a difficult month but he never pushed for me to leave.

Along the way, Meng Jiangnu I do not know how many went through a difficult, how much to eat bitter before they came to the Great Wall.

The boss then comments on the banker's stellar performance, but says 2007 has been a difficult year for the bank and that times are tight.

It was a difficult time for the boy and it was nice to see him back on the pitch, especially with a goal.

Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.

Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, as we'll see later, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.

If it were not for your support, we would be in a difficult position.

I know Boozer is a difficult match up for him, but what can he do to improve, just a little more quickness and suatained energy?

He was convinced on the basis of what had by then appeared that there would be a long and a difficult struggle.

"We ended a difficult period of our history and removed the stain from the face of the members of our nation wherever they live, " he said.

In petroleum industry, the steady-steady modeling of slug flow has always been a difficult point in multiphase pipeline calculation.

Ms. Gu peeps out a difficult color, she very cautiously looked the beam Nan namely the eye seem to be excrescent dispassion.

The little child cannot be made to do such a difficult thing.

It had been a difficult week for the Club as they coped with the fall-out from the 1-0 defeat at Upton Park.

When they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question.

What was it about Leonard Bernstein that made him do so well in such a difficult situation?

is terrible, and want to find the children growing up in the context of the pure land, a party to such a difficult?

It had been a difficult 18 months before that but we started to get in the groove.

He said the decision to sell was 'a very personal one, a difficult family decision, but it allows me to focus on my work as a winemaker. '

I guess I just have to wait for a call-up. But at the moment I am still playing for England so it's a bit of a difficult situation.

The question of fund is a difficult problem which is not easy to solve in our rural economic development throughout.

The evaluation of radar antijamming performances has always been a difficult problem.

So moment by moment that day was very special, especially as it had been a difficult season.

We played against Zico in the last Confederations Cup, and that was already a difficult experience. It was an extremely difficult game.

When you've got a Newcastle team doing that, with their great support behind them, you know you're going to get a difficult game.

I've always wanted to sing as a career. Confidence is - has always been sort of like a difficult thing for me.

A global fight requires global efforts. While that has proved to be a difficult process, China has decided to take the initiative.

Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) has always been a difficult and hot points in natural language processing.

Unfortunately, deciding where to put those line breaks in when you are showcasing code that will be copied makes it a difficult decision.

"He's in a bit of a difficult spot, " she said, given the nation's extremely sensitive reactions to matters of race.

When all else fails, you need a way to gracefully get out of a conversation with a difficult or unreasonable customer.

This was undoubtedly going to be a difficult interview. I stood outside the door for a few moments screwing up my courage before I went in.

It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for.

Since we should not, in such a difficult field, advance like bulls in a china shop, we have to go at it keenly.

Regaining that edge and repositioning the company to tap into growing markets promises to be a difficult transition.

I wanted you to know you that IF you had a difficult end-of-November, you might have felt the news of this difficult eclipse already.

"It's a difficult task, " he said. "Yet the difficulty of this task is no excuse for avoiding it. "

Well, it is a difficult challenge. But with the, I have the support of family and friends, this has been a, it has helped me quite a bit.

I began to understand : no woman can be a man, but not without cause, I began a difficult undertaking.

It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered through beautifully.

He finished a difficult task before long he worked in that company, and all of his colleagues looked at him with new eyes.

On the surface, it might appear as if thisis a difficult or esoteric activity.

Michael, has it been a difficult weekend so far with the changing track conditions?

It's been a difficult week for Google, which has been at the centre of antitrust investigations and a controversial Italian court case.

Refusing to be a "light entertainer" like the hypocrites in Dante's inferno, Mr Hill presents a difficult world as he sees it.

I think it would have been a difficult one for the linesman to call but the referee should be in a better position.

A difficult problem could be good for a designer, but a fickle client or unreliable materials would not be.

Paint companies are deriding the idea as nonsense, saying that CARB are trying to put a simple theory into a difficult application.

Writings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures.

One manager of corporate resources in Malaysia said the programs helped him manage the company through a difficult transformation.

He will have been left in no doubt that this move into the public eye could be a difficult transition.

At a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Barack Obama acknowledged that this would be a "difficult election" for his party.

Why do you think servant leadership can be such a difficult principle to put into practice?

Tell me if I'm wrong, but courage is when a man in a difficult situation acts as if he truly believes he's right.

She had a long way to go, he thought irritably, and it was going to be a difficult road for both of them.

She had a long way to go, he thought irritably, and it was going to be a difficult road for both of them.

But convincing research teams that this patchwork process is plagiarism can be a difficult task for editors.

Fraud is often a difficult crime to prosecute, and for which to obtain punitive sentences.

Philosophy is often described as a difficult subject. There are various kinds of difficulty associated with it, some avoidable.

But it has been a difficult weekend for you and the other drivers with the wind. Can you talk about that?

Whether any of these, or other, concessions will be made for the sake of a difficult relationship is unclear.

That the sun and not the earth is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Age.

They're a strong side, but I think their group was a bit easier than ours, because we had such a difficult three games.

He had a difficult time overcoming the difficulties cropped up on his way to reaching his goal.

"Of course we are suffering, because Japan is in a difficult situation, but we do not plan any major restructuring, " he said.

On the surface, this seems like a difficult problem, but in fact there's an easy solution to it.

Secure people do not give up when faced with a difficult situation; they say "I can" rather than "I can't. "

Even if he was going through a difficult time here, the least he could have done was give respect to his team members.

"Ricardo is going through a difficult time, which has nothing to do with football at all, " he continued.

This team needs a strong guide to go through a difficult period. The younger the players are, the more support they need.

Brian: Oh you're putting me in a difficult situation now. I wanted to tell you but I also promised I would stay tight- lipped .

Many of the veterans have had a difficult time finding employment since the end of the war.

You may find that actively dealing with a difficult situation will actually enhance a sense of togetherness and resilience as a community.

I was living with a difficult navigation, I do not know if the tide will not rise until not too lips. Rise even higher.

It was obvious to Ms. Anderson that this would be a difficult case.

He had been having a difficult time but the only thing to do in such a situation is to try again and try again.

However, chip designers are faced with a difficult challenge when trying to develop a ten million gate design from scratch.

In fact, friends and neighbors were surprised he picked a difficult field like engineering, he said, with a reputation for long hours.

Yao said it was a difficult day for him from the moment he walked into the building.

I may have met him on a difficult day, but there was no denying it: George seemed sad to be 100.

The team is good enough to start winning games. It's a difficult situation but we have to stick together and work hard to turn it around.

Hollinghurst said he chose to set his novel in the 1980s because it was such a difficult period tol ive through.

The Marseille game was a difficult one because we were on such a high after Saturday which made Tuesday night a bit more difficult.

Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot.

It would be a difficult thing if you were instantly manifesting every whim or every misaligned thought.

In a difficult position dislike that the rainy day may come you and I across intentionally on the raining day.

To live such a long life expectancy, at 40 years of age when it must make a difficult but important decision.

"It's going to be a massive game for both clubs and the city and I think it will be a really close game and a difficult game, " said Rooney.

It's such a difficult problem that I have to dom uch to work it out.

In short, getting to the point where our economy can thrive without fiscal support may be a difficult, drawn-out process.

HTML is often a difficult medium to work with programmatically.

The company would have a difficult time trying to displace you, even if you failed.

for a complex rock foundation , the evaluation of shapes of sliding faces , location , distribution and direction is quite a difficult task.

Fog is one of the important disasters and separating fog from clouds using satellite images is still a difficult task nowadays.

my fellow citizens , let no one doubt that this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out.

She had a difficult time living in the country and collecting materials for her present book on The Life in the Country.

The ethnic violence flared up at a difficult moment, as supporters of the former regime were trying to regain power.

Afterwards, Hodgson told reporters: "This was always going to be a difficult game to win. "

What had been expected to be a difficult sale of US government debt instead attracted record demand, led by foreign investors.

The teaching of the literary language used in ancient China is always a difficult point in the junior school's Chinese teaching field.

The United States is a country with freedom of expression, a difficult concept to grasp for Chinese people without such a culture.

This may seem like a difficult task, but following some basic guidelines it'll prove to be very easy.

The US seems to prefer an obedient one-party state to a difficult, faltering, but more democratic partner in Asia.

to reach a stage in a difficult situation when someone takes a strong action to deal with it.

They had a difficult time in giving the child his polio vaccination because he would not hold still.

and those living in the cities will have a difficult time pushing up in vibration enough to accomplish this spiritual goal.

'Netbook sales continue to grow as anticipated, and are clearly incremental volume for us in a difficult market, ' he said.

"There are a range of issues that allowed me to draw my conclusions on what was a difficult choice, " he told ABC Radio.

There may be some good reasons to assign limited homework for special projects or to reinforce a difficult topic.

I'm glad to see you keep your nerves in such a difficult situation.

The Director explained that Ma's going public with his wish to visit Washington had put the U. S. in a difficult position.

Every generation seems to live through a difficult financial time.

The spokesman says the money was intended to help the families get through a difficult time.

I was leading a difficult pitch (the name given to one rope-length of climbing) when I slipped, fell and pulled my companion off his stance.

In Russia, meanwhile, he said Accor had struggled to develop its brand in a difficult operating environment.

We're in a fortunate position but a difficult one as well, but then you're better having more players to choose from than not enough.

Lately they have had to deal with a difficult ally whose awkward strength is in part their own creation.

I enjoyed playing in the centre of defence at such a difficult ground after playing at full-back in Brussels.

The first thing is we started on a difficult wicket, because there was no structured training spanning the whole spectrum.

During Chinese information processing, judging which word strings should be in participle list is always a difficult problem.

Valdano claims that there will be at least four new faces to follow this summer but admits the club face a difficult task in acquiring them.

Personally, it was a difficult evening; like your friend and French teammate, Boris Diaw you were not in luck.

ALEXANDRE PATO: "I'm really happy because we won. It was a difficult game because Lazio is a strong team with great players. "

Remember that delivery is like a mini-marathon and if you are out of shape, it may be a difficult run, at best.

The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U. S. forces in Iraq , and caused some renewed debate about the course of the war .

If this is a difficult task for you to understand or sounds boring, perhaps your path is better left towards design.

Since the inception of China's rural credit cooperatives, it has gone through a difficult and tortuous course of development.

In my opinion Jankulovski was amazing, he had a difficult opponent to contain and he also was able to present himself far in advance.

Dorothy Flint knew soon after her son William was born that she had a difficult child. He cried often and nursed nonstop.

Later I took some of the color out to illustrate the fading moments. This was a difficult floor to work on.

Fed officials are worried that this arrangement puts the clearing banks in a difficult position in a crisis.

The US-led NATO troops have a difficult time trying to identify insurgents from civilians as the Taliban operate amongst the population.

It was also a difficult time personally and one reason it was not finished may be because fact came too close to the fiction.

When money is on the brain, people become disinclined to ask for help when faced with a difficult or even impossible puzzle.

As you might imagine, examining all of the system boundaries and shared components is a difficult task.

Once I saw a difficult maths problem. But, with my effort and discussing with my classmates, finally I worked it out.

In contrast, ReiserFS' fsck is in its infancy, and fixing flaky metadata when it does show up can be a difficult and dangerous process.

The brave teenager had a difficult time as a child, losing her real mother at seven, and being bullied at school because she was different.

The Apec meeting has come at a difficult moment for Mr Bush as he prepares for a fresh political battle with Congress over Iraq.

in a difficult situation Whenever Bob is in a pinch, he calls me to help him out.

as you would imagine , today ' s news comes at a difficult time for the nation , for the airline industry and for american airlines.

Six consecutive weeks of rising markets, however, put him in a difficult spot.

Due to inhomogeneity and fractures and pores of carbonate rocks, satisfied evaluation on carbonate reservoir is always a difficult problem.

We are living through a difficult time in our history. Prosperity seems to be a distant memory.

But once diagnosed, the question of whether to treat antenatal depression with drugs is a difficult one.

The analysis of the paleotectonic stress field in the overburden of a basin is always a difficult problem in basin dynamic research.

The company's emergence in a difficult market, he says, has made it more flexible and inventive than its competitors.

It was a difficult game, as we thought it would be, and we have to keep going now until the end of the season.

It was observed to be a difficult task to defend an underground mining structure against the induced lateral displacement.

I said earlier that if money alone solved the problem then it was not a difficult one.

Under ordinary circumstances, Stempel would have had a difficult time, given GM's competitive shortcomings.

To conclude, tennis elbow can be a difficult problem but it may be alleviated by thoughtful medical and technical measures.

Tracing back one's ancestry to a point of recovering genetics and holographic patterns that left the Great Central Sun is a difficult feat.

Eg. She wept to find him in such a difficult situation.

This is a bit of a difficult image to put up on the screen. But it's one that I think we need to learn from.

They tried to catch her out with a difficult question.

What will matter? It is such a difficult question. It's worth thinking. And when you find the answer, you find the meaning of your life.

He is always ready to help anyone who is in a difficult position.

It has been a difficult decade for gene therapy, but Wilson believes that its fall from favor was inevitable.

The prediction theory and forecast method of tunnel water gushing in karst areas have long been a difficult hydrogeological problem.

The turbulence was just the beginning of a difficult journey.

When given a difficult task and told that help was available, people in the money group took longer to ask for help.

"It has been a difficult time, a difficult day and difficult letters are on the way, " he told the parliamentary Labour party.

It was a difficult life, however. He grew very lonely, especially when one of the nursing students caught his eye.

2002 was a difficult year for many businesses around the world and the eyewear industry was no exception.

Today was an important away victory for us, at a difficult place to come to against a very committed Sunderland team.

When he went out on his own, Mr. Lam, though well received, faced a difficult road.

Sir Michael might have handled a difficult brief more deftly. But his departure is nonetheless a problem for the BBC.

As you get further along in your pregnancy, you might have a difficult time getting comfortable in bed.

The development of flexure hinges with large deflection, low stress, small parasitic center shift has always been a difficult problem.

"But it will still be a difficult political balance to strike" for the state-owned firms that are expected to be most active abroad.

Converting data from one format to another has always been a difficult task.

Joseph found himself in a difficult position one day when his master's wife attempted to seduce him.

These tumors do not have the benefit of a specific therapy and are associated with a difficult risk assessment.

Our network censors have had a difficult time screening our some of the rough language.

This is a difficult thing to do, because, as I mentioned above, your instincts and caffeine will tell you to stay awake.

But even for those who still identify themselves as supporters of free trade, Buy American is a difficult issue on which to take a stand.

not so much when everything is going well, but especially when you are working through a difficult patch.

Coupled with lofty gold prices, you can understand why obtaining one of these tantalizing coins is a difficult proposition.

Arnold can be a difficult person to deal with so I thought I had better put you wise about his strange ideas before you go to see him.

I suspect that this will be a difficult undertaking, and I want trusted companions with me.

The player knowing to have to make a difficult farewell has chosen: no official speeches, has started to say something to his teammates .

Jennifer knew what a difficult time I was having, and went out of her way to be friendly.

I had a difficult half-time in the way I had to speak with the players because at half-time we were out of the Champions League.

Researches on Psychological Contract has been a hotspot and a difficult point in the field of human resource management.

Mr. Stuart called the changes "a brutal reality" that put him in a difficult position, since his entire town may feel the effects.

There was little appetite for deals as executives grappled with potential scandals, new regulations and a difficult economic environment.

To start a difficult conversation the right way, it's important for you and your coworker to identify something you agree on.

It was a difficult game that served me to grow more confident and to have more playing time.

Friedberg analyzes why, in addition to its economic potential, China is such a difficult challenge for U. S. policymakers.

January is a difficult month. We've talked a lot about having a winter break to get rid of the strains you pick up in January.

Being short of funds has been a difficult problem for the police law enforcement work.

Choose a firm or an entire industry that interests you and that is facing a difficult decision regarding the use of IT in its business.

There are more than 30 students here, ready to take on a difficult challenge for kids of their age.

IN THIS ARTICLE: Anthony Trollope had a difficult childhood, often being neglected by his parents.

But a difficult conversation is not a performance, with an actor and an audience.

There was no significant increase in incidence of bladder tumors so it is really a difficult question.

The last decade has been a difficult one, but together, we have answered those questions and come back stronger as a nation.

I don't like cooking up stories just to help you out of a difficult situation.

Before you begin a difficult conversation, make it very clear to your partner that your goal is to create the best relationship possible.

Mr. Lele said the most significant aspect of the Chang'e 2 mission was the attempt at a 9. 5-mile-high orbit, a difficult feat.

It is a difficult matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.

Your support and great relationship with us is not under any question but our business is going through a difficult time.

We have had a lot of problems and a difficult time but we are working hard and now in a cup final.

Yet, whenever the economy goes through a difficult time, as it has in recent years, free trade comes under fire.

Following the economical high speed growth, it is a difficult question of urban land planning in the urban development process.

But the transition to a lower population can be a difficult one, and it is up to governments to ease it.

To college non-English majors, listening comprehension is a difficult as well as a vital point in their study of English.

It may also explain why the Hurun Report had such a difficult time tracking down all of the country's billionaires. '

Maybe you are going to travel in the rugged mountain, serve for the academic, the business . . . It was a difficult journey.

There is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

Friends say she used to be a difficult person to invite to a dinner party.

Ronaldo needs to be mature enough to accept you cannot argue against facts. Maybe it's about a difficult childhood, no education.

They had a difficult time opening the escape door, survivors said, and two got into a scuffle, slowing the evacuation.

John Banville said that this situation was "a difficult and painful one" .