More difficult to discern is what lies behind the arguments now being half-aired.
However, lessons from the Great Depression for Europe's current problems may be more difficult to discern than one might assume.
He has the sort of impeccable credentials that are much beloved by the Supreme Court bar, though Srinivasan's own views on the Constitution are more difficult to discern.
It will become more difficult to discern what matters to each of us individually, versus what is interesting or entertaining or trendy for the masses.
More difficult to discern is how many players have strong international ties, as sons of immigrants or because they spent part of their childhoods overseas.
Expenses are a little more difficult to discern because they are expressed as a percentage of "total annual operating expenses" and cost per $1,000 invested.
We examined the phenomenon of decoys and false objects, and realized that the true object surrounded by false objects is more difficult to discern than the true object standing foolishly alone.
More difficult to discern, he said, were cases where a person joins a religious sect while in the early stages of developing psychosis, a common phenomenon that can require longer-term observation.
Department stores may be past their prime in Britain, but in China their sales will grow by more than 38% by 2019, predicts Verdict, a retail consultancy.Mr Ashley's thinking is more difficult to discern.
The combination can provide the range of options needed to pose a credible deterrent to adversaries whose values and calculations of risk and gain and loss may be very diferent from and more difficult to discern than those of past adversaries".
And to suggest that the structure made information about the group more difficult to discern is to ignore completely that all information such as that on remuneration was readily available in the notes to the accounts of the parent company every year.
