New York can be a notoriously difficult place to create works of art.

Evolution, whether natural or otherwise, is notoriously difficult to stop.

The medications to keep it under control have notoriously difficult side effects.

Assessing the need for new school places is notoriously difficult.

On the downside, getting good help in a computer store is notoriously difficult.

It is notoriously difficult to make money producing a network series.

"It gives us an opportunity in a market that is notoriously difficult to get into," he said.

Cases like this one are notoriously difficult for social workers.

Part of the reason may be that performance standards for this notoriously difficult music have improved.

This is a notoriously difficult group to identify at sea.