"We knew that it would not be easy and it was good we didn't concede because at this stage of the competition it is not easy, " said Paciencia.
So we may not stop but if that help doesn't come, Afghanistan will not be an easy ride.
However, eliminating the monthly burden isn't as easy as just not sending in the payment.
"Best thing was the BT helpline advising customers to logon to BT.com if they can't get through on the phone - not easy logging in without internet!"
So let's begin with that. (Laughter.) This will not be easy and it won't happen overnight.
The interview technique isn't easy because you have to be careful not to pass judgment on the answers.
"I think most people do want to recycle, but if it's not made easy, it doesn't happen, " Keller says.
It's not easy to admit that you can't just come to the rescue for your little sister.
The panel is made up of people who need Senate approval (not easy), and they don't serve for life.
" Carsen insists this is one of Kinmonth's greatest talents: "Often you want people to be wearing real clothes, not costumes, and when people are wearing 18th- or 19th-century dress, which doesn't feel contemporary to us, it's not as easy.
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"It's not easy when your boyfriend says he doesn't remember you, " she said later.
Pay decisions are not easy to make, and they won't get any easier.
And interestingly, when they're trying to get help, their - the hospitals seem to be turning them away because it's not an easy fix and they really don't want to be associated with having that kind of disease around them.
"Obviously, this was not easy news to hear, and I didn't accept Bill's decision right away, " he said.
"It wasn't our fault, but during the Christmas holidays it's not easy to do a transaction, " Varney told BBC Sport.
"We don't have the resources in those places ... it is not easy, but we are trying to map out locations where albinos live so that we can better protect them, " he said.
It's not easy to fight back: Often a bashing victim can't even figure out who his attacker is.
It may not be easy to answer this straight away, so don't expect to become a hero of conscience overnight.
If investors twig that European companies aren't such bad investments after all, he says, it will not be so easy for America to finance its current-account deficit with European savings and that points only one way for the dollar.
It's not an easy feat, and the stock's reaction isn't surprising.
The firm has gone on the offensive to expand the King's appeal to a new generation of fans, not an easy task when the person you're marketing hasn't made any new music since the early 1970s.
It's definitely not easy -- because I'm struggling, and I can't imagine what she must be feeling.
She wouldn't say what she'll be singing, though she did say it was "not easy" to choose a few songs from her many hits.
"It wasn't easy, as in those early days India was considered an exporter of tea and jute, not high-tech services, " he smiles.
It's not an easy field to get trained in, particularly if you have a family and can't afford to leave the workforce.
To be sure, it won't be easy for big game companies to switch from traditional business models to a new one that's not yet capable of generating the same level of revenues.
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