Sentence examples for difficult to grant from inspiring English sources

But Arthur O'Neill, a Republican who is co-chairman of the 10-member committee, said it may be difficult to grant the requests.

"It was surely more difficult to grant Snowden asylum in Russia than it would be in the case of Assad," the Russian president said in an interview published on Tuesday.

It's outrageous," Thayer told CBS. "They're making it much more difficult to grant them.

But the question of Assad's final fate was raised again last week, when a German newspaper published the second half of a interview with Vladimir Putin in which the Russian president suggested it wasn't inconceivable that Assad would one day settle down in Russian territory, saying, "It was surely more difficult to grant Mr. Snowden asylum in Russia than it would be in the case of Assad".

But the question of Assad's final fate was raised again this week, when a German newspaper published the second half of a interview with Vladimir Putin in which the Russian president suggested it wasn't inconceivable that Assad would one day settle down in Russian territory, saying, "It was surely more difficult to grant Mr. Snowden asylum in Russia than it would be in the case of Assad".

We wish he had added that his administration had found the courage, in this emergency, to take a basic but politically difficult step — to grant temporary protected status to undocumented Haitians in the United States.

But it is difficult for United to grant such a large pay increase at a time when it is receiving nearly $800 million in direct federal aid and eliminating thousands of jobs.

However, by seeming to confirm widespread suspicions here that government is working secretly with industry to advance nuclear power despite growing public opposition, the scandal over faked e-mails could make it even more difficult for officials to grant permission to restart the reactors.

On the one hand, it's difficult to get granted asylum.

This is difficult to do, granted, but it's a lesson we all learn sooner or later.

They put a human face on a murder victim, who is often referred to only as "the deceased" during a parole hearing, and make it that much more difficult for the board to grant release.