Sentence examples for difficulty devising from inspiring English sources

The writers had difficulty devising jokes that would be funny when Van Damme said them.

Director David Silverman had difficulty devising a legible Scrabble board for the opening scene that would convey the idea that the Simpsons were only able to devise very simple words.

One can appreciate the difficulty of devising a methodology to apply to all countries.

A second problem that confronts comparative analysis is the difficulty of devising measures of political development.

Another difficulty in devising local plans may be that state and local officials and legislators have little preparation for evaluating the security issues that suddenly seem urgent.

Measuring vertical velocity in the ocean posed a major problem for years because of the difficulty of devising a platform that does not move vertically.

So writes Joan Didion near the start of her 1984 novel, "Democracy," a book that's narrated by a character named Joan Didion, who describes the difficulty of devising a whole fiction in the fragmented modern world.

The weakness of last chapters is in large part a function of the sheer difficulty of devising answers to complex social problems that are sound, practicable and not blindingly obvious.

For example, in a 2004 study in The Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, the researchers noted the difficulty of devising such a study but settled on one in which 86 healthy participants, 15 to 90 years old, were asked to perform tests in which they estimated the amount of time needed to draw a clock and the duration of a neurophysical evaluation they underwent.

There has been a squabble over the prices BT is charging for using its ducts and poles – despite some sharp reductions from its original quotes and a green light from Ofcom – claims that local authorities are not always helpful with planning decisions, and difficulty in devising funding models.

Mr. Rehn, in his defense of the Cyprus negotiations on Wednesday, suggested that the difficulty of devising a deal for Cyprus was made worse by member states like Germany and others that insisted on limiting the total contribution to €10 billion — even though the total financing needs had been estimated at €17 billion.