1.   A dispatcher for a small fleet of trucks, he found it hard not to get rattled when the calls piled up.

2.   A team in such a position is likely to find it hard to pick itself up.

3.   After so many problems, I found it hard to share his optimism.

4.   Apart from the possible financial hardship of retirement many find it hard to adjust to having little to do.

5.   Because of this, authorities have found it hard to justify expenditure on services geared specifically to the needs of young women.

6.   Car rental firms have found it hard to increase their prices to cover these higher costs.

7.   Companies are finding it hard to cope with the quickening pace of technological change.

8.   Dauntless found it hard to maintain his belief, or indeed suspend his disbelief, in what he was doing.