However, difficulties with planning permission meant that the stand was not fully completed until 2001.

Extreme difficulty meant that a good deal of time was going to be occupied accomplishing it.

The Democrats' unexpected difficulty meant they made virtually no progress on the energy bill after about a week of floor debate.

The difficulty in establishing any kind of wave pattern means that neither sound nor explosions could be felt or heard.

Textual difficulty means how easy or hard a text is to read.

The inability and difficulty in removing a poor teacher does not mean it goes un-noticed.

His stubbornness and difficulty in communication meant that he was never promoted.

In central Africa, local difficulties usually meant cannibalism and other atrocities.

Current difficulties, in particular, mean that it sends an important signal to the people of Europe.

"And the difficulty and the cost mean nothing to my employer."