Consequently, fund managers had a difficult time keeping up with the performance of the index.
Google, like other internet players, has had a difficult time monetizing its mobile user base.
Aside from its dispute with Verizon, the company has had a difficult time penetrating the mass market.
While the PC and tablet whirlwinds have swept the nation, IBM has had a difficult time staying afloat.
Star Drew Barrymore is another big celebrity who has had a difficult time at the box office lately.
Her grandmother, Vera Vasquez, had a difficult time with the Great Depression and seemed to be scarred by it long after.
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Hedge funds had a difficult time raking in returns amid volatile markets.
Without any major products to excite the masses, however, Zynga has had a difficult time maintaining its position as the social gaming leader.
"We had a difficult time with their strength of spirit - Guus Hiddink has done well, " he added of South Korea's Dutch coach.
Duke Energy has had a difficult time dealing with investor response to its after-hours CEO change following the completion of its merger with Progress Energy.
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The 63-year-old Frenchman has had a difficult time since taking over at Villa Park in September following Martin O'Neill's shock resignation in August.
She will tell you that she had a difficult time in holding back in dealing with that sympathy ... because she herself had lost a sibling.
She and her director Eric Tucker must have had a difficult time pruning the original, as her enthusiasm for her subject matter is boundless and irresistible.
And, because poor families move home frequently and often do not have telephones, the programme directors have had a difficult time locating children who are awarded scholarships.
Some people familiar with Google have said the Android and Chrome units had a difficult time working together to bring the Chrome Web browser to Android devices in 2012.
She knew she was qualified for the position, but from the very first day, Amanda had a difficult time feeling that she had their respect, or even their attention.
With strong emotional opposition to Obama never far from his mind, Father John had a difficult time opening himself up to the idea that Obamacare has any potential merits.
We found ourselves with fewer errors, but we were intentionally sidestepping words that we genuinely wanted to use simply because we knew the program had a difficult time translating them.
On the flipside, however, it's a huge fingerprint magnet, and we had a difficult time lasting more than a few seconds before cluttering both sides of the tablet with our fingerprints.
She said the government would have had a difficult time tracking down other cattle that may have been eating the same feed because the nation lacks an effective animal identification program.
But she said the government would have had a difficult time tracking down other cattle that may have been eaten the same feed because the nation lacks an effective animal ID program.
Even though he was a five-time all-star and one of the most memorable big game pitchers in recent memory, the voters have had a difficult time inducting him into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
While it has a stable of strong brands, such as the Madden football franchise, it has had a difficult time turning its big-budget games into fresh blockbusters, and a bid for rival Take Two Interactive was rebuffed last year.
The auto industry, for instance, has historically had a difficult time firing workers due to outside political influences, even in moments when serious threats to the very survival of these companies existed and downsizing was seen as an appropriate response.
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In fact, we have found, for example, in Anbar province, the experience of Iraqi security forces has been that those that come from that province have had a difficult time when the going gets tough because of the enormous tribal pressures that are on the members of those forces.
"He had a really difficult time, a lot of crowd got into him after he missed that (chance against South Korea), " he said.
"The team had a very difficult time over the last six weeks or so, " said Miandad.
The 21-year-old England scrum-half had endured a difficult time, not helped by conceding a silly penalty at a scrum.
Susan Madge, consultant nurse for cystic fibrosis at the Royal Brompton and Harefield, said the twins had a particularly difficult time when they were parted.
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