Sentence examples for make it difficult to pass from inspiring English sources

The small woks are set over Sterno flames, which keep everything bubbling hot but can make it difficult to pass around the wok.

Mr. Frank's measure passed by a wide margin in the House but has not advanced in the Senate, where procedural rules make it difficult to pass legislation that does not have bipartisan support — a political reality that could also hobble Mr. Dodd's bill.

"We are extraordinarily upset that this was approved, and it comes at a difficult time for our industry, where there are record bankruptcies, increasing fuel and insurance costs and a multitude of factors that make it difficult to pass these costs along," she said.

China's electric utility industry provides investors with uncertainty; regulatory hurdles make it difficult to pass on rising raw materials costs as higher prices.

But though the coalition has a majority in the lower house of the Diet, it is nine seats short in the upper house, making it difficult to pass controversial legislation.

The stricture made it difficult to pass a small-diameter scope through the esophagus Fig. 3 Preoperative CT. a Transverse image.

The reflux esophagitis had improved somewhat, but the esophageal stricture located 33 cm from the incisor teeth had worsened, making it difficult to pass the nasal endoscope.

An EGD showed a cicatricial stricture beginning 25 cm from the incisor teeth, making it difficult to pass the endoscope through the esophagus (Fig. 2).

But there have been no way to deliver acetylcholine into brain because the acetylcholine is a compound with strong polarities, making it difficult to pass through the blood-brain barrier.

He said that while he had expected Greenwich to impose high fees and then make it difficult to buy the passes, he was surprised that other towns did the same thing.

Taken together, Sunday's statements make it difficult to see how the bill could pass, although at this point nobody takes anything for granted.