It's hard to persuade Jonathan.

This situation often makes it difficult to convince the decision makers to engage in reform, even though benefits are likely to outweigh costs.

Historically, it has been difficult to convince Asians that international trade is not a zero sum game, with Asia invariably the losers.

In addition, it would have been difficult to persuade other countries to join a coalition to contain China unless China resorted to bullying tactics, as the Soviets did after World War II.

The real problem is that they have done such a good job convincing the public that inflation is the number one evil that it is difficult for them to persuade anyone that they are now serious about reflation.

It's hard to convince people to install GNU Linux on their laptops, if it is not going to identify their wireless card or CD ROM driver or whatever hardware module of that laptop.

A modern US president certainly remembers how difficult it was to convince voters to put him where he is, and is perpetually campaigning to maintain approval ratings and to preserve his party s prospects in the next election.

I managed to persuade my cousin into accepting my plan.

That's hard to say.

I managed to convince Dad that we organize the reception at home.

Efforts had also been made to persuade Parliament to strengthen the Act.

It is difficult to translate a poem into another language.

It is difficult to generalize.

But it is doing so without addressing the crucial need to bring its citizens along.

This problem is too difficult for me to solve.

We hardly ever see you around here.

It's hard being a parent.

Hard to believe, right?..

Yesterday was an indescribable day.

In addition, it would have been difficult to persuade other countries to join a coalition to contain China unless China resorted to bullying tactics, as the Soviets did after World War II. Only China, by its behavior, could organize the containment of China by others.

The British believed they could convince Italy to abandon Germany through appeasement.

Here, Germany s leaders, in particular, need convincing.

But something went wrong Putin could not be convinced.

It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.

It's going to be difficult for us to do that.

It is difficult to disagree with the protesters.

Investors in the coming years will need to be persuaded to hold mountains of new debt.

Hard to be Easing

But it will be much more difficult to persuade China that it should stand down.

And Singapore has been persuaded to host four advanced naval ships.

But it s hard to break our habits, our adult habits.

It's difficult for them to understand that they're going to die.

One can hardly change one's point of view.

There are some things that are difficult to translate.

Now we get to the hard part.

The answer is not hard to find.

This is hard for Islamist parties to accept.

And seeing them makes it harder to deny their humanity.

It is difficult to make a credible forecast.

Now, it's hard to do. It's hard to translate a fish form, because they're so beautiful perfect into a building or object like this.

Rather than convince myself that I have all the answers, I reach out.

Turkey s Balancing Act

What do we learn from this example? It s hard to say.

From this perspective, adjustment is hard to beat.

South Korea is trying to persuade the North to make this strategic decision.