Sentence examples for it was difficult then from inspiring English sources

"It was difficult then," he said.

"But it was difficult then to get funding for India," Hohmann told me.

It was difficult then, and especially difficult now during this holiday season, to think of the poor paratrooper's young wife — and the ultimate sacrifice that this soldier made.

It was difficult then to conceive of an improvement in our lot, and the possibility of ever mustering the power to bring an end to the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The standards of 1998 do not pertain today, but even then there was a strong expectation that peer review would be rigorous and the Lancet would not have published bad science – and it was difficult then for clinical researchers to get published in that journal.

"It was difficult then because on some of my contracts I got sick pay, and on some others I didn't.

It is difficult, then, not to view Sunday's game against Indianapolis as a litmus test for a developing team, particularly because the Colts, who are 2-2 after losing to Jacksonville on a last-second 59-yard field goal, seem more vulnerable than they have in several years.

(iv) It is difficult, then, to reconcile the notions of moral responsibility with the view that our volitions are completely determined.

"It's difficult then for players to find contracts and clubs that are willing to take them on because of disciplinary issues.

"If you are not playing week-in, week-out for your club, it is difficult then to go and play at international level," he added.

It's difficult, then, for genderqueer individuals to assert their identity, when the aligning pronoun is oftentimes used in other contexts as a mistake.