1.   By then, we were having serious financial difficulties.

2.   It also raised serious practical difficulties.

3.   The climbers got into serious difficulties and had to be air-lifted to safety.

4.   The company is facing serious financial difficulties.

5.   The government still face very serious difficulties.

6.   While war could create serious difficulties for the merchant class, other social groups looked at it in a different light.

7.   His comments mirror similar remarks by other scientists, who have warned that excessive reactions against pesticide traces in drinking water could cause serious difficulties for the water industry.

8.   Serious difficulties can arise when a contract is varied without proper consideration of the effect of the variation on the expert clause.

9.   The Trusts are in serious financial difficulties and may well be one million pound or two million pound in debt before the end of this financial year.