Sentence examples for difficult to claw back from inspiring English sources

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It's too easy to forget about it and very difficult to claw back the payment later.

"For the older investor, a fall of this magnitude close to retirement may be difficult to claw back.

One press note warned: "It may be difficult to claw back from this position and turn it into a positive story".

"To give a lead like that to the Premiership champions was going to be difficult to claw back.

It added that it could end up saddling banks with higher salary bills by making it harder to reduce pay rates when profits were falling: "The UK has repeatedly raised concerns that the provisions are likely to lead to increases in fixed pay, which is harder to cut in times of stress, and more difficult to claw back and there is no evidence this will improve financial stability".

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini could have no complaints about the result as Liverpool showed the greater endeavour and energy for long periods, and his side now face an increasingly difficult task to claw back United's lead and retain their title.

He also believes that the Tories' audacious tax move would make it difficult for Labour to claw back lost support in just three weeks.

It will be difficult, however, for Elpida to claw back into a market that will now effectively be controlled by Samsung Electronics and Hynix, both of South Korea.

REUTERS Austerity Banking | Banks in the United States are doing what they can to cut down on overhead — shutting down branches that are not pulling their weight, and moving operations to less expensive locations — as they try to claw back ground in difficult times.

"We had a really big, big chance at the start of extra time and that first goal is critical at that point because people are getting tired and it is very difficult to claw it back.

They just wanted to claw back".

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