In 2004, UNHCR maintained financial stability, although it was another challenging financial year.

The Second Great Awakening was challenging women's traditional roles in religion.

Managing such a large and complex peacekeeping mission was a challenging task.

Aside from clarity, it is important that group goals be challenging.

Opposition leaders do not like the subject, but they avoid challenging it.

It will be challenging, but maybe also healthy for our common future.

The year 2004 was a challenging one for both the organization and its staff.

The Perpetuity Growth Model has several inherent characteristics that make it intellectually challenging.

In fact, it is a challenging concept for both developed and developing countries.

Unfortunately, it also indicates how ambitious and challenging a task it is to reform the international monetary order.

It was also mentioned that strengthening the arrangement may be a challenging task as the current arrangement seems to have all the necessary political authority already.

A bit more challenging, right?

Even harder to gauge was what it would take for the disaffected to say enough is enough and begin challenging their regime openly, defiantly, and in concert.

For starters, in 2004, the Congress was challenging an incumbent government that had served for six years.

The post conflict electoral schedule in Burundi, with its rapid series of complex elections, was extremely challenging.

A bit more challenging, right? (Laughter)

But striking the proper balance is challenging.

That will be particularly challenging for Bernanke.

That is an assumption that needs challenging.

Emerging and challenging issues deriving from implementation

Yet a dispassionate assessment of nuclear energy s place in the world remains as necessary as it is challenging.

Finally, Japan s external environment today is more challenging.

However, the situation in Cité Soleil remains challenging.

Determining when it is permissible to interfere with parental choices is challenging, given the deference that parents typically receive.

I was debating the other day on a talk show, and the guy was challenging me and go, What's a pastor doing on protecting the environment?

In short, when it comes to a Sino Russian alliance challenging the West, history is not likely to repeat itself.

Because it is fighting for its own survival in a highly challenging environment, the Jordanian regime needs Israel s security collaboration.

Two serious problems make reconciliation in Afghanistan particularly challenging.

But success in Cairo might prove even more challenging.

This means that Europe probably faces another challenging year.

The selection of indicators has proven to be challenging.

Women challenging these norms are punished by violent means.

Emerging and challenging issues deriving from implementation and necessary

But, following monetary easing and fiscal expansion, it is Abenomics third arrow that will prove most important and most politically challenging.

It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its fast, hilly and twisty nature.

When WikiLeaks hit the global news scene, it was saluted as a true original an innovative form of journalism that countered states power by challenging their ability to suppress critical, sensitive, or unflattering news.

It was seeking to create a world class, flexible and effective security service, composed of a geographically representative team of outstanding security professionals and capable of enhanced field support in the most challenging environments.

The year ahead will be challenging and rife with uncertainty.

Everything we do, we believe in challenging the status quo.

You can see the trapezoids are a little challenging there.

Fortunately, such a way immensely challenging but nonetheless feasible exists.

This category is especially useful for solving especially challenging problems.

In this challenging environment, administrative infrastructures have continued to function.

This has been particularly challenging in remote and insecure areas.

These have indeed been very challenging times for our Organization.