Sentence examples for difficulty as it from inspiring English sources

The Knowledge test is renowned for its difficulty as it comprises a written exam, a series of interviews in which the candidate must describe the shortest route between two destinations, as well as a practical driving test.

But despite a seemingly perfect approach to the planet, the lander appeared to run into difficulty as it neared, or reached, the ground.

Dickey, 35, had one of the best knuckleballs of his career Friday, and as much difficulty as it caused the Orioles hitters, it was just as tricky for Barajas, especially with that old mitt.

Newsweek, which is in the midst of a reinvention under a new celebrity editor, Tina Brown, and a new deep-pocketed owner, Sidney Harman, is facing difficulty as it tries to recapture the readership and revenue it lost after years of decline.

Butterflies seemed to cause him particular difficulty, as it's tough to track how many of them are flying around.

He yanks the door open with difficulty, as it's snagged on a tarpaulin ("I've got the builders in"), and waves me to a chair at the huge table on which books, files, DVDs and assorted electronica are festooned.

Fringed, like most French cities, by concrete social-housing blocks, Lille faces a catalogue of difficulties as bleak as it is familiar: drugs, gangs, joblessness, crime.

The commander, Gen. Ray Odierno, said Friday that the terrorist group in Iraq had "lost connection" to Al Qaeda's central leadership in Pakistan and would face difficulties as it tried to promote new officers for its efforts to topple the Iraqi government and establish havens.

Not only are these the UK's biggest ever warships, but the stealth aircraft due to go on board - the Lightning II - is turning out to be the most expensive warplane ever developed by America and its partners, and is still suffering technical difficulties as it is developed.

Translation difficulties, as it turned out, accounted for some of the misunderstanding.

Toys R Us is also facing financial difficulties as it plans to close stores under an insolvency deal.