Lenovo's early difficulties were compounded by the fact that its staff had little business experience.

She said that bright children could always manage to get over earlier difficulties if they made up their mind to work.

An early difficulty was persuading parents to let their children participate.

"But as the days proceed and these boys' lives are put under the microscope, we may begin to see a pattern of early difficulties."

Despite overcoming the early difficulties and its eventual profit making, it could not stand up against the economic climate of the time.

Maybe the earlier difficulties were the result of some linguistic confusion.

She remembered the early difficulty of communicating with the villagers who found her.

The Warriors faced early difficulties in their attempt to return to the playoffs.

And that plan has already run into some early difficulties, while most other car makers are pursuing different strategies.

Despite early difficulties the project eventually became a success and large areas of lands were cleared during this time.