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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are a difficulty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing challenges or obstacles that someone or something presents.
Example: "The new regulations are a difficulty for small businesses trying to comply with the law."
Alternatives: "pose a challenge" or "present an obstacle".
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The largest studies however (n = 562 & n = 245; [ 29, 30]), originated from South Africa with conflicting results, as mixed ancestry in African populations are a difficulty for genetic investigators.
The low mutation rates and the expansion of the genomes have been explained by the mutational burden hypothesis (Lynch et al. 2006; Lynch 2007), but a few species with both highly expanded genomes and high mutation rates are a difficulty for this hypothesis (Cho et al. 2004; Parkinson et al. 2005; Sloan, Muller, et al. 2012; Sloan et al. 2012).
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But there was a difficulty.
However, there is a difficulty here.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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