For Father MacRae's part, he has no difficulty imagining any possibility fitting for a man with encyclopedic command of the process that has brought him to this pass: every detail, every date, every hard fact.

WSJ: Rabinowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae

He couldn't go to Azerbaijan and had difficulty establishing any online contact with the country until he went to a conference in Tbilisi in 2008 and met four Azeri bloggers.

ECONOMIST: E-communication and society

He also said that "no-one had any difficulty" while descending the scree slope of the mountain's east ridge.

BBC: Snowdon

He said that no information that entered the public domain will cause Scottish Opera any difficulty.

BBC: Photo of Scottish flag

Eventually, though, without any fanfare or difficulty, I suggested that it might be better if he knocked it off.

NEWYORKER: The Operator

Mr Stringer, who was leader of Manchester City Council from 1984 to 1996, said he had "no difficulty" with the former prime minister having full military honours or any of the ceremonial aspects of the funeral but felt the "costs are inappropriate".

BBC: Manchester