It is difficult to overstate the dependence of modern economies on large scale computer systems. But imagine if one day a host of key communications satellites were incapacitated, or the databases of major financial systems were erased.

It was impossible to overstate the importance of full and timely payment in that regard.

It is difficult to overstate the significance of the occasion. According to Héctor Schamis, a political scientist at Georgetown University, if a similar political change had occurred in France or Brazil, the country s citizens would be celebrating the birth of a new republic.

Human life expectancy barely changed before the late eighteenth century. Yet it is difficult to overstate the magnitude of the gain since 1900 in that year, life expectancy worldwide was 32 years, compared to 69 now (and a projection of 76 years in 2050).

We've been searching ever since, but it's impossible to overstate the magnitude of the search that remains.

For example, US multinational corporations sometimes over invoice import bills or under report export earnings to reduce their tax obligations. Again, this would work to overstate the recorded current account deficit.

In this era of proliferating international courts and tribunals, we cannot overstate the importance of the Court's leadership role as the only universal international court with general jurisdiction.

It's difficult to explain to people now that it was difficult then.

While CARICOM appreciated the steps undertaken by States to prevent the likelihood of accidents, it could not overstate the damage that would be done to the ecosystems and economies of its countries should an accident occur.

To say that 0.25 , or even 1 , is high in this environment is pure hyperbole. And while one shouldn t overstate the risks of sustained ultra low rates to financial stability, it is also wrong to dismiss them entirely.

It's difficult to watch, and even more difficult to look away, but Greene said that's the point.

They use it to get to the truth, and they do what mature leaders do everyday they have difficult conversations with difficult people, sometimes during very difficult times.

For without that, one difficult journey would be not merely difficult but close to impossible.

Kanji are difficult to read.

English is difficult to learn.

This is difficult to believe.

It's difficult to do that.

But in general it was difficult it was really difficult to explain what the web was like.

Patents are very difficult to overturn.

English is not difficult to learn.

Those shapes are difficult to change.

And it's very difficult to tune.

Russian is very difficult to learn.

It is difficult to satisfy everyone.

Some people are difficult to please.

This word is difficult to pronounce.

This novel is difficult to understand.

The president is difficult to approach.

It's difficult to speak English well.

It's difficult to answer this question.

It's difficult to understand his theory.

Is it difficult to learn Chinese?

I know it's difficult to believe.

Difficult.

But it is hard to overstate the outcome s importance to the rest of the world. Virtually all developing countries and, increasingly, the advanced countries as well will be affected one way or another as they, too, struggle to achieve stable and sustainable growth and employment patterns.

Interviewer It's actually quite difficult to walk.

It is difficult to give up smoking.

It's difficult to learn a foreign language.

It is not difficult to speak English.

They're really difficult for plants to produce.

The reasons are not difficult to fathom.

It is difficult to play the piano.

The question was too difficult to answer.

It is difficult to speak three languages.

To distinguish right from wrong is difficult.