The phrase "a hard time increasing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing difficulties or challenges in achieving growth or improvement in a particular area.
Example: "The company is having a hard time increasing its market share despite the new marketing strategies."
Alternatives: "struggling to grow" or "finding it difficult to improve."
But other sectors, like education, have a harder time increasing productivity.
Leaders of the so-called reform movement, including Mr. Gates, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein, say that in hard times, increasing class size is one of the best ways to save money, as long as there is a strong teacher.
In many respects the product is similar to long gone Filmloop (remember them?) which both had a hard time dealing with increasing competition courtesy of Slide and RockYou and a blatant lack of support from one of its VC's.
"I suspect they are going to have a hard time offsetting the increased regulations," said Mr. Fitzpatrick.
It was a hard time to keep the increasing self doubt in check while tasked with an intense regiment to make "quality" work for studio classes every week.
Washington, this official said, gave France a "hard time" when they asked for increased support, and the French will "remember us for that".
"On the other end of the spectrum, consumer companies have a hard time passing along price increases on things like clothes because there's so much competition".
He says that legacy database technology used to dealing with transactional data coming from customers and suppliers is having a hard time keeping up with today's increasing volume.
The company says its engineers feared the smaller engine would have a hard time coping with the vehicle's increased size and weight.
And on many days that is enough to distinguish it from other airlines, where the workers have a hard time masking bitterness over pay cuts, increased workloads and often contentious relations with management.
