Then my heart sank as another difficulty raised itself to mind.

The pastor had difficulties raising the $4,000 needed to build the church.

"I know they had difficulties raising the money," a former Israeli official told me.

If Israel does not get the guarantees, it would have difficulty raising the money.

Many parishes would have difficulty raising that amount of money in such a short time.

The promoters had difficulty raising the capital for the project.

There had been great difficulty raising the £40,000 contribution from the unions.

Because the subject matter was not considered commercially promising, he also had difficulties raising the $400,000 required to complete the film.

Having only recently paid off my debt from the 1990 campaign, I would have considerable difficulty raising that much money in one year.

He has difficulty raising them to comb his hair.