1.   Allen had crept under a bush and even asleep was as difficult to see as a wild creature.

2.   And looking at our own context is as difficult for us as it is for fish to look at water.

3.   As difficult as these issues are, they have to be adjudicated.

4.   It was almost as difficult to accept a natural explanation as a supernatural explanation.

5.   It was as difficult to record the casual speech of Zuwaya as it was to take an unposed photograph.

6.   It would have been as difficult to discover any resemblance between the two situations as between the appearance of the persons concerned.

7.   Make your windows as difficult to break in to as possible.

8.   Naturally, they made getting my visa as difficult as possible, even now after all the changes.

9.   Start with front man Pauly Fuemana, a New Zealander whose vocal style is almost as difficult to place as his accent.

10.   This is as difficult as trying to square a circle.