Sentence examples for is hard to secure from inspiring English sources

But where it is hard to secure peace for people, it is impossible to secure the future of wild places.

Since 1968, possessing firearms with intent to endanger life has carried a maximum sentence of life, but the police say it is hard to secure convictions in cases of trafficking by proving intent.

A piece in Physics Letters is ranked excellent by the REF, axiomatically; recognition of excellence is harder to secure in the new upstart journals.

Whilst investor confidence is harder to secure for unproven technologies, the amounts of money involved are much smaller than in the later stages of development, such as commercial roll out.

"However, power purchase agreements have been hard to secure".

Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, admitted it would be hard to secure President Putin's support.

For black Americans, even basic records — surnames, to start with — may be hard to secure.

If he can't capture a pig, it will be hard to secure funding for a follow-up study.

It will be hard to secure an EU summit deal on climate-change targets in December, for instance (see article).

A sudden fall in sales will leave them without cash at a time when bank overdrafts are hard to secure or to increase.

However, I am queasy about making a push for opt-outs the main focus of our policy, not just because it will be hard to secure them.