1.   AOL Time Warner may also be hard put to pull off any big deals for cash unless it lines up new financing.

2.   But even if the farm economy revives, and farmers start using more fertilizer, the Loving area will be hard put to respond.

3.   He will be hard put just to assert his leadership over his colleagues on the commission.

4.   Even as the BJP-led coalition is hard put to placate Jayalalitha, other allies are pushing their own agendas.