Without her leadership, diplomats say, her party will have a hard time handling its new responsibilities.
When my friend Sarah killed herself, I had a rough time handling her death.
He seemed to have a hard time handling his own new job.
"When they knew we were going to pass, we had a hard time handling their rush."
I believe that baseball players like accolades, but they really have a difficult time handling the negatives.
While his wife is away, he has a hard time handling the kids (especially the twins) sometimes.
This was the company's first time handling a motion picture project.
He drinks and you'll have a hard time handling him.
Whenever Dana's husband goes out of town on business, she has a really hard time handling her two sons, who have serious behaviour problems.
"This team had a difficult time handling the press and we sensed that," Jordan said.