Sentence examples for combined difficulty from inspiring English sources

Of the six highest-qualified gymnasts, who compete together as one of four groups in the 24-man final, Purvis had the lowest combined difficulty score - which means he relies on consistency and stylish execution of his moves, rather than complexity, to earn marks.

The combined difficulties of travel and the harsher assessments have left those working low-paid and precarious jobs in a difficult, perhaps impossible position.

The combined item difficulty and discrimination across all subject populations were generally within the range of desirability (Crocker and Algina, 1986; Haladyna, 2004; Figure 3): difficulty (P) ranged from 0.08 to 0.84 (lower values are more difficult items), with a mean P of 0.51 (±0.049 SEM); discrimination (D) ranged from 0.11 to 0.82, with a mean D of 0.50 (±0.048 SEM).

The paucity of temporally-resolved localities with diverse Ediacaran assemblages, combined with difficulties associated with differences in taphonomic regimes before, during, and after the transition hinders this evaluation.

The high costs and risks of drug development, combined with difficulties in conducting clinical trials in small patient populations and the small market size, discourage the pharmaceutical industry from developing drugs for these rare diseases [ 2, 6].

According to Thorpy et al. (2000), sleep disruption combined with difficulties in tolerating sedentary activities can compromise an individual's lifestyle, perhaps leading to job loss and problems with relationships.

But it plays as a very modern menace, combining the difficulty of Dark Souls with the nothing-but-behemoths enemy design of Shadow of the Colossus.

Data on disability were dichotomized as 'no disability' vs. 'any disability' by combining 'some difficulty' and 'not possible' categories together.

In dinoflagellates, the difficulty of generating and subsequent poor survival of axenic cultures, combined with the difficulty of genetic transformation and screening, means that confirming the role of genes in toxin biosynthesis pathways is currently very difficult.

Combined with the difficulty in remembering which key does what, it left me flustered.

This multiplicity of biological activity, combined with the difficulty of maintaining a stable, effective concentration of the compound in the bloodstream, makes it impractical as a potential medicine.