Both raise quite difficult practical questions, though they are clear in principle.

UNDP gender mainstreaming policies lack clear objectives, targets and time frames, making it difficult to quantify progress.

History offers two clear lessons reducing public debt is incredibly difficult without growth, and increasing growth is incredibly difficult with a huge burden of public debt.

Six years on, it's clear that rebuilding industry in the three prefectures has been more difficult.

Unfortunately, cap and trade systems are difficult to manage and don t give clear signals about the future price of permits.

Indeed, owing to the mixed nature of peacebuilding functions, it is difficult to make a clear delineation between the mandates of the two organs.

Although changes in market psychology are difficult to understand, the broad concerns that underlie such episodes of irrational exuberance are almost always clear.

The consideration of multiple reports on the same subject makes the formulation of a clear path forward extremely difficult.

Without a clear understanding of who gains and who loses from the status quo, it is difficult to make sense of our existing policies.

The absence of strong regional institutions has made it difficult for the regional programme to find a clear counterpart for its inter country operations.

But one thing is clear the more traditional foreign ministries tend to be, the more difficult it is for them and their diplomats to grasp change.

The prospects for Egypt s democratic transition have become increasingly difficult to predict, but one thing is clear the military cannot and must not be trusted.

First, when discussion moves beyond generic principles into detailed policy proposals, it s much more difficult to reach clear agreements among 20 negotiators than among seven.

However, clear corroborated evidence of these sources has been very difficult to obtain because of the restrictions on our ability to conduct full law enforcement investigations in Afghanistan .

While the full economic cost of cybercrime is difficult to measure accurately, it is clear that the cost to individuals, businesses and governments is not only substantial but rising.

ISTANBUL The ongoing showdown in Egypt between the country s Islamists and its military rulers is a clear reminder of how difficult democratic transitions in the Arab world are likely to be.

At the same time, participants generally agreed that there was no clear cut solution and it would be difficult to impose limits on how long agenda items should remain in abeyance.

It was made clear that Sweden found itself in a difficult position, and that Egypt's failure to honour the guarantees would impact strongly on other similar European cases in the future.

But a visit to Africa s villages makes clear that the problems have more to do with the struggle for survival under difficult physical conditions than with any special problems that are unique to African societies.

It was also clear from the piece that arresting the man would have been no more difficult and perhaps easier than killing him and jeopardizing his family.

By identifying the problems and envisioning the preferred solution, one can define the set of constraints into which technological innovation fits, and establish a clear, albeit often difficult, path to its realization.

Something difficult to explain.

For without that, one difficult journey would be not merely difficult but close to impossible.

It is difficult to generalize.

Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear if more fragile than expected winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.

They use it to get to the truth, and they do what mature leaders do everyday they have difficult conversations with difficult people, sometimes during very difficult times.

This mechanism makes it more difficult for governments to see traffic, and thus more difficult to block it.

As was made clear by Mr. Egeland, dialogue efforts with the Government to develop a sound cooperative relationship between the authorities and the United Nations and other humanitarian actors have been difficult, and that is to be regretted.

But controls beyond the banking sector are more difficult to implement and enforce and are arguably as important. It seems clear that listed terrorists are still managing to raise and receive funds from sympathisers outside their immediate circle.

This word is difficult to pronounce.

This book is difficult to understand.

Is it so difficult to write?

This reality is difficult to convey.

But that is difficult to do.

The outcome is difficult to predict.

I find it difficult to believe.

With other treaties whose status during armed conflict is less clear, the two become more difficult to separate, and one should take care not to mistake treaty violation as evidence of an effect of armed conflict on that treaty.

In other words, the Fund must ensure that it deals with every country the same way, including delivering clear and sometimes difficult policy messages and sharing its views with the international community.

This will enable UNOPS to regroup, establish a clear identity in the fields that contribute to its largest revenue share, and consolidate a reputation for delivering rapid, efficient, high quality results in difficult environments, while supporting and strengthening national partner capacities.

Interviewer It's actually quite difficult to walk.

The problem is too difficult to solve.

My life is very difficult to manage.

MADRID How difficult it is to die!

The latter two are difficult to liquidate.

It is difficult to give up smoking.