The phrase "are perceived as difficult" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how something is viewed or interpreted by others, particularly in terms of difficulty or challenge.
Example: "Many subjects in school are perceived as difficult by students, leading to anxiety and stress."
Alternatives: "are seen as challenging" or "are regarded as hard."
Female workers who succeed are perceived as difficult, aggressive and tough to work with, while successful men see the opposite.
Surprisingly, the correlation is negative, perhaps because STEM courses are perceived as difficult and are prone to lighter reading loads.
The drop in entries nationally is unsurprising given that languages are perceived as difficult subjects and as many pupils start language learning in earnest at secondary school due to varying levels of language learning at primary school.
Two studies from the health care industry show its power: Penn State College of Medicine researchers found that medical students ' attitudes about dementia patients, who are perceived as difficult to treat, improved substantially after students participated in storytelling exercises that made them more sympathetic to their patients' conditions.
The greatest entrepreneurs follow their gut and as a result are perceived as difficult at best and abrasive at worst.
They are perceived as difficult, annoying, manipulative, and as "bad" and not "ill" [ 7, 8].
Old music for us is vintage Beatles, and classical music is perceived as "difficult" and unapproachable.
I didn't want to lose my job or be perceived as difficult, so I went to work and found a day care for my daughter.
Exposure exercises may be perceived as difficult for patients to perform because of the elicited short-term distress and clinicians may be reluctant to use these interventions.
These individuals are not always tactful or diplomatic, and can be perceived as "difficult" but they are powerful and committed – to their fellow users, not just themselves – and it would be a great loss if they were deemed unsuitable.
The announcement should be received well as a deal like this has been perceived as difficult to execute due to the geographic spread of the assets and the requirement to try and align eleven different governments.
