Sentence examples for difficult to revive from inspiring English sources

Building such projects takes years, even decades, and once snuffed out it is perilously difficult to revive.

But some analysts said it would be difficult to revive the hypermarket concept in Europe because the recent economic downturn had probably changed consumer behavior.

American and European allies of Mr. Barak have also urged him to refrain from an alliance that could make it more difficult to revive peace talks.

It is ironic that "West Side Story," a plea for ethnic tolerance by four Jewish liberals — Leonard Bernstein (composer), Stephen Sondheim (lyricist), Arthur Laurents (book), and Jerome Robbins (choreographer) — has now become difficult to revive in New York.

On Wednesday Lebedev, who holds an annual fundraising event in London to support a charity for children with cancer, said he accepted it would be difficult to revive the Standard's flattening circulation.

By David Denby It is ironic that "West Side Story," a plea for ethnic tolerance by four Jewish liberals — Leonard Bernstein (composer), Stephen Sondheim (lyricist), Arthur Laurents (book), and Jerome Robbins (choreographer) — has now become difficult to revive in New York.

Producing the silk was one of the most difficult things to revive, Ms. Cassidy said.

Critics, he said, either have an ax to grind or don't realize how difficult it was to revive the theater.

In office, we in the Labour Party took the devilishly difficult decisions needed to revive and rebuild our science base and replenish the funds for universities.

Now he may be facing his most difficult challenge — helping to revive Citigroup, which said yesterday that it would take an additional $8 billion to $11 billion write-down related to subprime mortgages, on top of the $5.9 billion reported in early October.

On Tuesday, the electronics retailer reported a 91 percent drop in second-quarter profit to $12 million, underscoring just how difficult it would be to revive its fortunes on its own.