In truth, life had been getting harder for Ms Hirsi Ali for some time.
There's plenty of oil and gas out there, it's just getting harder to get to.
If operating as a foreign firm in China is getting harder, why are we still there?
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It might be getting harder to use the criminal laws to get moral clarity.
They said changes in society meant it was getting harder for people to live healthy lives.
But for many of them, she says, it's a dream that's getting harder to realize.
It seems to be getting harder for mere mortals to make money in stocks these days.
As Thailand becomes more prosperous, it is getting harder to fill dirty, low-paid and risky jobs.
For one thing, it is getting harder to explain exactly what Russia is fighting for.
With the public finances tightening, however, and passenger numbers continuing to rise, that is getting harder.
It is just getting harder and harder to extract, for technical as well as political reasons.
But as IMDb has grown in popularity, it is getting harder and harder for actors to fib.
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This is because it is getting harder for Mr Duke to claim that he represents mainstream views.
But asking investors to take valuations and hedging processes on trust is getting harder by the day.
And with rising oil prices, enormous capital costs, and increased competition and deregulation involved, it's getting harder still.
"It was getting harder and harder for companies to part with the checks to pay you, " Stephen said.
And that is one reason it is getting harder and harder for new medicines to reach the market.
It's getting harder to paint the Net as an exclusive domain for geeks, social outcasts, libertarians and hate groups.
And yet, it's getting harder and harder for wine drinkers to find them.
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Leaders must explain why those promises are getting harder and harder to keep.
Quinn concedes it is getting harder to pick winners or losers in infrastructure.
It was another example of how, considering the amount of information available online, it's getting harder and harder to stay anonymous.
It is also getting harder for independent developers to secure publishing deals, particularly as the big publishers take more development in-house.
Growth and innovation come from daring ideas and calculated gambles, but boldness is getting harder to come by at some companies.
Doing so is getting harder, says Ms Leite: at the moment they have one maid on their books for every 30 clients.
With changing economies that reward skills, it is anyway getting harder to move up the ladder from low-wage jobs to better-paid ones.
Still image camera film processing has become a specialty processing option and film itself is getting harder to find, and more expensive.
Predicting the future of traditional telephone companies is getting harder every day.
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Second, it is getting harder and costing more to find new treatments.
It is getting harder to make the case that America is winning.
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