• Even as the ice recedes, the Arctic will remain extraordinarily cold, dark, remote, expensive and difficult to operate in.

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  • Most computers were expensive and difficult to operate, and would typically be hard-wired directly to another computer if a connection was needed.

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  • Upon taking his position, Root stepped in and altered some of the new design, getting rid of such fixtures as Vichy showers, which can be expensive to operate and difficult to explain to spa novices, and severely limit a room's flexibility.

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  • Thanks to a combination of "stealthy" characteristics that make it very difficult to detect and target, the ability to operate for sustained periods at supersonic speeds and its extraordinary agility, the Raptor seems likely to secure for years to come something Americans have taken for granted in every conflict since World War II: air superiority essential to victory on the ground.

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  • There is a great possibility that the reactor will be decommissioned as the injection of sea water containing salt and impure substances will make it difficult to operate it safely again, experts say.

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  • It says the mandatory inspections are too intrusive, and also claims that it would be difficult to operate in federal countries, where prisons are managed at local level.

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  • The new Canadian mines in Latin America are projects that were once deemed too difficult to operate because of high costs and political concerns.

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  • This may be because in these countries a big conglomerate with political connections and an understanding of how to operate in a difficult market can spread its expertise across many industries.

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  • It is a little difficult, to say the least, to try and operate as trader, free-lance writer and contributor to Forbes.com without proper internet access.

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  • Since these organizations operate under different management structures and motivations, it is difficult to get them all on the same page, especially under stressful conditions.

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  • True, it is more difficult to operate in hot climates than in temperate ones, and disease and pestilence do nothing for labour productivity, but these are hardly spellbinding insights.

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  • The statute makes it unnecessarily difficult for computer programmers to operate as independent contractors because Congress and the IRS felt these contractors have more opportunity to cheat than individuals who are employees of regular businesses.

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  • Much of what goes on in the City is, at root, not that difficult: the firms that operate in it buy and sell things and hope to make money for their clients and for themselves.

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  • More will learn to as the need to co-operate with minor parties in Scotland and Wales makes their life more difficult.

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  • "It's becoming more difficult for file-sharing sites to operate without getting into trouble both from the authorities and also lawsuits from copyright owners, " Ernesto Van Der Sar, editor of TorrentFreak told the BBC.

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  • He said helicopters sometimes had to land in "very tricky places" by day and it would be more difficult at night, so the service had to develop its capability in order to operate safely.

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  • Unlike hospitals, which operate under the rubric of large regulatory agencies, physicians have been much more difficult to regulate and monitor.

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