Sentence examples for a difficult state of from inspiring English sources

But ambivalence is a difficult state of mind to sustain; the temptation to replace it with a more Manichaean vision is always close at hand.

Hollande, often mocked as a wobbly milquetoast, was authoritative and even aggressive, attacking Sarkozy's assertion that he had inherited a difficult state of affairs by saying, "You always have a scapegoat".

Kean has insisted he will not resign, but Shearer admits it is a difficult state of affairs for the 44-year-old former Fulham, Real Socieded and Coventry assistant manager.

I have been throwing it around, but this can be a difficult state of health to generalize.

"What's happening here is not discrimination against minorities, but there's simply a difficult state of affairs for everyone here in Pakistan".

The Japanese media have portrayed Mr. Hatoyama's low profile as a reflection of the difficult state of U.S.-Japan relations.

The association's focus on money -- how it should be raised and how it should be spent -- helped make this 26th convention of the group, the oldest of the four minority journalist organizations, a microcosm of the currently difficult state of the news business.

"I don't think the union is taking enough account of the difficult state of public finances," Mr. Schily said.

The demand this year is higher than [previous years] and that's because of the difficult state of the economy.

Despite Mr. Panetta's view that he did not consider the episode an attack on him, it reinforced the lack of security in Afghanistan at the beginning of his visit and the difficult state of Afghan-American relations.

This is because the state is the most difficult state of ring assembly.