"This is one of the most difficult battles I've ever been in."

Make it a difficult battle, but allow him to feel that he's holding you off.

But almost immediately a new and more difficult battle began - for support of the local people.

The deal is likely to face a difficult battle in Washington.

But it was a difficult battle, so much easier to give up.

"Management of little things is often a more difficult battle."

They are aware that it is a difficult yet necessary battle, an assessment with which I agree.

As I said, we must recognise that it is a difficult battle.

So now the two are engaged in a difficult battle to show voters their differences.

It has been a long, difficult battle to find someone.