Sentence examples for difficult post from inspiring English sources

Two years later he accepted the difficult post of chief secretary for Ireland.

He has the experience and the guile for this difficult post, although it is not certain he has the relish for it.

Don Juan was at first reluctant to accept this difficult post and took it only on condition that he would be allowed to invade England and wed Mary Stuart, the Scottish queen then in captivity in England.

Christopher Rissetto, a Washington lawyer who served in the E.P.A. in the administrations of President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter, said today that Ms. Whitman had done well in a difficult post.

It happened that between his army and that of Minucius there was a certain eminence, which seemed a very advantageous and not difficult post to encamp upon; the level field around it appeared, from a distance, to be all smooth and even, though it had many inconsiderable ditches and dips in it, not discernible to the eye.

The former Scotland midfielder appears to have taken on a uniquely difficult post, however, given Venky's reputation for not giving managers much time to prove their worth – Lambert is their sixth appointment since taking over at Ewood Park five years ago – and the fact Blackburn remain barred from purchasing players after failing to meet the Football League's Financial Fair Play requirement.

He was left with the daunting task of steering Iran through the difficult post-war era.

East Timor is still finding its way along a difficult post-independence path.

The most difficult post-Soviet outburst to contain may be freedom of expression.

The United States and others must stay involved to ensure that the difficult post-referendum transition remains peaceful.

He led the panel through the aftermath of the tech bubble, the difficult post-9/11 period, and the rash of corporate scandals early in the decade that destroyed investor confidence and sent the markets into a tailspin.