They were also more difficult to value since they were not traded on regulated exchanges.
But it's also more difficult because I'm trying to write in secret on some level and people know who I am.
The task of complying with the tax code is now easier (thanks to computers) but also more difficult, because of the code's seemingly organic annual growth in length and obscurity.
Patents, which usually give the holder a monopoly over the process or innovation protected for 20 years, are also becoming more difficult and costly to challenge.
Foxconn, in its growing heft as the world's largest electronics contract company, was also getting more difficult for Apple to control, with incidents such as changing component sourcing without notifying Apple, people familiar with the matter said.
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Many mines, some more than 100 years old, are also proving ever more difficult and expensive to exploit.
Placing new regulatory burdens on employers also makes it more difficult to start and maintain businesses.
These schools also make it more difficult for non-motivated parents to enroll their children.
It also made it more difficult for people to sue state governments in state federal courts.
It could also make it more difficult for Apple to pursue legal action against its South Korean adversary, Samsung.
But it could also make it more difficult for the companies to defend their own decision making with regard to the study.
If your vehicle is rear-wheel drive, backing into your driveway will also make it more difficult for a thief to tow it away.
There is also the much more difficult story that some of those who knew the closure was coming decided to move their money on that information.
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It also makes it more difficult for them to get full-time jobs, pursue more education, or take advantage of training opportunities in order to get higher wages.
This style of warfare also makes it more difficult for the army to strike at Unita's bases, and easier for the rebels to adapt and regroup when attacked.
The Democratic female members are one of many factions that divide the Assembly, which makes Silver's job as leader tougher, but also makes it more difficult for anyone to gain enough support to challenge him.
The fact that European schools are struggling is particularly galling because America has also made it more difficult for foreign students to work in the country after graduation, providing what should be an extra opportunity for the Europeans.
This dynamic is also making things comparatively more difficult to build big, utility-scale solar power projects.
Obamacare will also make it far more difficult for companies to control their own health costs.
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He added that it was also likely to be more difficult to find matches for patients because there would be fewer donors available.
Zimbabwe will also find the going more difficult away from home, particularly in Asia, because the spinners it cultivated during its years as a limited-overs-only outfit were containing bowlers rather than wicket-takers.
The EU's enlargement has also made consensus-building more difficult, multiplying the national rivalries and tensions.
Whether or not global warming is also a contributing factor is more difficult to say.
Your search professional can also buffer you from the more difficult personalities and internal politics in your company, when needed.
Thus, although young smokers who carry the faulty genes are likely to smoke less, they are also likely to find it more difficult to give up.
The rise of social media, big-data analytics, and smart mobile devices has given use more real-time information about their target audiences and customers than ever before, but also has made reaching them more difficult.
When its image-recognition software can't interpret a passage of aged or faded text, it further distorts the image and serves it up as a CAPTCHA. That means the project not only produces an enormous output of digitized records for preservation purposes--it also filters text to find far more difficult words for computers to recognize.
The lack of a guarantee program also makes the job of the underwriter more difficult.
However, they also predict that things will prove much more difficult in his second term.
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