Sentence examples for the difficulty of devising from inspiring English sources

A second problem that confronts comparative analysis is the difficulty of devising measures of political development.

One can appreciate the difficulty of devising a methodology to apply to all countries.

Measuring vertical velocity in the ocean posed a major problem for years because of the difficulty of devising a platform that does not move vertically.

So writes Joan Didion near the start of her 1984 novel, "Democracy," a book that's narrated by a character named Joan Didion, who describes the difficulty of devising a whole fiction in the fragmented modern world.

Mr. Rehn, in his defense of the Cyprus negotiations on Wednesday, suggested that the difficulty of devising a deal for Cyprus was made worse by member states like Germany and others that insisted on limiting the total contribution to €10 billion — even though the total financing needs had been estimated at €17 billion.

For example, in a 2004 study in The Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, the researchers noted the difficulty of devising such a study but settled on one in which 86 healthy participants, 15 to 90 years old, were asked to perform tests in which they estimated the amount of time needed to draw a clock and the duration of a neurophysical evaluation they underwent.

Queried on a conference call with reporters about the difficulties of devising a game plan to slow Smith, one of the top quarterbacks in the country, Brown talked about searching the football office in vain for the Longhorns defensive coordinator Manny Diaz.

The weakness of last chapters is in large part a function of the sheer difficulty of devising answers to complex social problems that are sound, practicable and not blindingly obvious.

GPs' perceived level of difficulty of devising a management plan for these patients or subjective norm were not associated with GPs' management intention.

This elite and visible unanimity, however, belied the tangle of issues revealed earlier in the day during the smaller, nontelevised meeting where scholars from economics, political science, law, and public policy examined the likely difficulties of devising immigration policies that help the economy without harming immigrants or people who are already in the country.

Prepare for the difficulty of the situation.