The phrase 'face great difficulties' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used when referring to the problems or challenges that someone is encountering or is likely to encounter in a particular situation. For example: "The team faced great difficulties while developing the project, but ultimately, they were able to deliver it successfully."
Without that aid, the Palestinian Authority would face great difficulties.
Election workers will face great difficulties if the $18 million request is denied, Mr. DeFrancesco said.
"Women who have lost their jobs or who were not working due to external factors now face great difficulties in reentering the market," she noted.
The bottom-up experiences, on the other hand, usually exhibit successful results at micro level, but face great difficulties for broadening the impact of the technical solutions found.
But if you stay here, maybe some people will be killed and others face great difficulties, so what do we do?" the refugee asked.
"Consumers who have been victims of identity theft as a child will face great difficulties when attempting to establish credit later in life," according to information on the Web site of Experian, one of the big three credit-reporting firms.
At yields like these, the governments in Rome and Madrid will face great difficulty in financing themselves.
Students have been prevented from travelling abroad to study and patients face great difficulty entering Israel for medical treatment.
Those asylum seekers who are not skilled workers are likely to face great difficulty finding work in the community.
"We are constantly facing a challenge, and if we are not able to keep costs in check, we will face great difficulty going forward," Mr. Gelb said.
It became increasingly clear that American and British forces face great difficulty in suppressing the paramilitary units that seek to harass the invasion from the rear.
