Benin was making an impressive effort, but it was a very difficult process which took time.

UNDP gender mainstreaming policies lack clear objectives, targets and time frames, making it difficult to quantify progress.

Nighttime temperatures in the van rarely dropped below 80 degrees Fahrenheit, making it difficult or impossible to sleep.

In addition, there were 30 different ethnic groups in Turkey, making it difficult to define minorities and majorities.

And making sense of the financial crisis is very, very difficult.

Yet three internal fault lines are making it difficult for the EU to achieve these ends. Britain is wondering whether it should exit.

At the mission level, OIOS noted that a shortage of qualified personnel is making it difficult to effectively manage MICA.

Making sense of those things is a very difficult thing to do.

Only one minority community member is licensed to certify vehicular roadworthiness, making it very difficult for minorities to renew car registrations.

In the domestic setting, physical violence is often accompanied by sexual abuse, making it difficult, if not impossible, to have safe sex.

The quake and tsunami caused a major power outage that cut communications around Palu making it difficult for authorities to coordinate rescue efforts.

In addition, rains are making road access to various parts of the region difficult.

The Committee also remains concerned that supervision and guidance for vulnerable families are not well structured and defined, making it difficult to monitor the situation.

In this way, individuals can sever links between their new and old identity, making them difficult to trace.

It also came to light that countries frequently use very different definitions of the scope of distributive trade and of compiled variables thus making international comparisons quite difficult.

Finally, it is contended that Ms. Bakhmina's lawyers have been prevented from contacting their client during a particularly critical time after her arrest, making it more difficult for them to organize her defence.

Much of the devastation has affected developing countries already besieged by economic problems, making it more difficult for them to cope with severe hardships and to advance development efforts.

The cost to automotive companies of installing equipment to neutralize the fumes emitted by diesel vehicles is also increasing, making it difficult to keep the price of the cars competitive.

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

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

Moreover, US President Barack Obama, facing an election in November, does not wish to be accused of being soft on Iran, making it difficult for the West to reciprocate potential Iranian overtures.

1.33 Staff living and working under conditions of extreme stress in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank frequently suffer from fatigue and burnout, making it increasingly difficult to produce quality results.

It shouldn't be that difficult.

It shouldn't be that difficult.

English is difficult, isn't it?

What he says feels right to his followers, because it conforms to their prejudices. And the Internet, having swamped the quality press, feeds and reinforces those prejudices, making it more difficult to distinguish the truth from lies.

The rock that Kanzi is using is extremely hard and ideal for stone tool making, but difficult to handle, requiring great skill.

It is possible and it is not difficult.

It is difficult to satisfy everyone.

It was too difficult for me.

Is it difficult eating with chopsticks?

Is it difficult to learn Chinese?

A particular attraction to criminals and terrorists is that record keeping is limited or in codes only understood by the operators themselves, making it difficult to reconstruct money trails in the event of an investigation.

A third feature is the accessibility and virtual nature of the Internet, allowing criminal elements easily to conceal their true identity and making it difficult to identify both suspects and victims in offences against children.

There are concerns, for example, about problems associated with non owners squatting on land belonging to people who have been displaced, thereby making it more difficult, and potentially dangerous, for the displaced to return home.

And why is it so difficult initially?

So it was a very difficult time.

It is difficult to give up smoking.

It is not difficult to speak English.

It is difficult to play the piano.

It is difficult to speak three languages.

It is difficult to speak Chinese well.

It is difficult to understand his theory.

It is difficult to prove a negative.

Latvia holds the opinion that withdrawal must be avoided by all available means, and to this end considers it important to achieve a consensus on making conditions for withdrawal from the Treaty extremely difficult and costly.