Miras was fascinated by the obvious fertility of the world, but the lack of accessible hard data was making her quest for further information an exercise in frustration.

Woods, meanwhile, was eight strokes behind Weir at two over par through 28 holes, making his quest to win an unprecedented third consecutive Masters even more difficult.

They block the rear view of the road and make our quest to recover the tabs all the more difficult.

Nick has made his life's quest the hunting down and killing of the host organism, who is 900 years old.

Another incident might alert them fully, scattering them and making Quath's quest harder.

That would make his quest to win her all the more of a challenge.

But the Suns may have already cost themselves a high playoff seeding, making their quest for a title even more difficult.

All of which makes his quest to save couture as touching in its futility as a Spanish novel.

Parkus makes reference to the Dark Tower, Roland's quest, and his creation of new gunslingers.

He thought these changes were made to suit Muhammad's desire for fame and his quest to start a new religion.