31.   But there are signs that he has encountered difficulties in breaking through on both fronts.

32.   But the Yankees could encounter difficulty with other segments of their bullpen.

33.   Drivers and inspection stations encountered many difficulties in the first months of the new system, but last August the state declared it to be fully in place.

34.   Farrell also denied speculation that Marathon encountered operating difficulties at its refinery in Garyville, Louisiana.

35.   Experts caution that no long-term studies exist, and isolated reports of liver problems in creatine-loading athletes suggest that the organ encounters difficulty breaking down excesses.

36.   Foreign doctors who flew to Kobe also encountered difficulties.

37.   Former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and Elizabeth Dole have also encountered fund-raising difficulties.

38.   Frustration mounted when NGO delegates encountered difficulties in securing visas and hotel reservations, and some said they would have to cancel their trips.

39.   He and others also said they feared this generation of Cuban refugees who lived all their lives under communism would encounter great difficulty in adjusting to American life.

40.   If the Photoderm encounters difficulties, it will not be surprising.