With a little help, those difficulties might prove useful in several ways.
The difficulty of getting water for man and beast had proved a most serious one.
Outside court today, his lawyers said the government would have difficulty proving any of the charges.
"But of course you had no difficulty proving that it hadn't happened in tl house?"
At times it has looked as though the difficulties might have proved insurmountable, the strain too much.
The biggest technical difficulty proved to be adapting the long letters in the second half of the story.
The difficulty for the prosecution is proving that a child so young intended to commit a crime.
With the doubts that had been cast on her credibility, however, she'd have difficulty proving it.
The difficulty the last 'Research Council' had in reaching an agreement proves this point.
Without the stories, they'd have difficulty proving Sexton's control and premeditation.