Semi-autonomous systems are making the task of driving easier, they say, which breeds complacency and erodes attention.
No one coalition won a majority in the parliamentary vote, making the task of forming that government even more arduous.
Whatever the final verdict, this case is causing uncertainty and making the task of saving the euro harder.
As for employment, the global economic crisis had a huge impact on labour markets, making the task of reducing the number of low-quality jobs even more difficult.
Such was the shame that families went to great lengths to keep their guilty secret under wraps - making the task of modern family historians all the more difficult.
OECD figures show that UK real wages fell by 10.4% between 2007 and 2015, making the task of keeping up debt repayments harder.
Further, the illegal immigrants and the legal guest workers here fear causing any trouble, making the task of the farm workers' union all the harder.
And once the shark is on board it'll thrash about, of course, making the task of fixing the tag to its dorsal fin rather tricky.
"China may dominate these dollars but the gridlock in parliament house is also making the task of budget repair harder rather than easier," Richardson writes in the report.
It is May's misfortune that the two targets interconnect, making the task of a Brexit agreement favourable to Britain that much harder.
The other is that the smaller parties, particularly the Left Party, might be the big gainers, making the task of building any coalition harder than ever.
