And if one person dies, the other person may have a difficult time claiming the couple's money or property.

VOA: special.2011.05.23

The issues must be treated carefully, or they will be difficult and painful if an elected official has to deal with them.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

And even if I had enough money, I knew that such diamonds are very difficult to find.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

If using your voice is difficult, then you know what dysphonia is.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

If found guilty, BAE may face huge charges but lawyers say the case may be very difficult to prove.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"We have difficult times. We cannot afford everything we wish for if we want to create the future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

For most men and women, fitting in an hour of moderately intense exercise in an already hectic day is difficult, if not impossible.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

"I know that,if anything, the Mideast is more difficult and more complex.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"If the current posture of the Israeli government on Gaza continues it would not be difficult to predict that Turkish and Israeli relations will continue to be difficult and fragile,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"You might take this as a general principle, that if you have revolutionary transformations, it's extremely difficult to go back to legal,legitimized, constitutional transfers of power that revolutionary settlements, in fact,are quite dangerous as a precedent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

And,this constant movement of population also affects the humanitarian workers as it makes the planning and the delivery of aid much more difficult because we cannot predict where the people are going or if they are coming back."

VOA: standard.2009.06.21