At this point it is hard to tell if all clouds have a silver lining.
Since election monitors were banned, and journalists ordered from voting stations, it is hard to tell.
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It is hard to tell from the outside whether a board is any good.
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It is hard to tell when and by how much rates should be raised.
As Mr Banda was away at the time, it is hard to tell how fully he endorsed such attacks.
It is hard to tell whether Dr Xiang's particular find will be useful.
Prof Ian Goodfellow, at the University of Cambridge, says it is hard to tell the exact significance of the new strain.
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They may work in theory, but it is hard to tell if that will be good enough for markets, which want solutions quickly.
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It is hard to tell which side of Strasbourg will prevail on 29 May - the happy European centre or the frustrated French outskirts.
It is hard to tell the tactical retreats from the surrenders, which in turn makes it difficult to say which way Pakistan is going.
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In short, Wall Street makes it is hard to tell who helping your performance and who is hurting you while in baseball it is easy.
Because of the complexity of the regulations and of America's banking markets, it is hard to tell from first principles whether it will or not.
It is hard to tell someone their fragrance is bothering you.
Given the relative newness of aggressive Facebook advertising, and the lack of any base numbers, however, it is hard to tell how significant the growth is.
Also, since it is regulated lightly or not at all, it is hard to tell whether children being taught at home are receiving an adequate education.
It is hard to tell a colleague, it is hard to a child, it is hard to tell a superior and it is hard to tell a spouse.
Now, it is hard to tell that you are standing in a cemetery -- except for half a dozen grave markers, some made of wood, bearing no names.
All I have to go on at present is forum reports and individual conversations with iPhone users, so it is hard to tell the scale of the problem.
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Heart patients who get standard treatment get better quickly, so it is hard to tell without doing a rigorous trial whether it was due to the new treatment or now.
Outside estimates suggest it may be as high as 20%, but it is hard to tell because many Saudis of working age, including nine out of ten women, are not actively seeking jobs.
This did not strike me as unusual: Iranians often talk to strangers at such length, and with such warmth, that at a glance it is hard to tell old friends from people who have just met.
Overall investors are still eyeing fairly strong bond auctions in most European countries but it is hard to tell at what point this expectation gets fully priced into the mix and more is required to keep the upward momentum going.
Wild boar that have lost legs to landmines can be seen hobbling out from the forests, and when two gorals face each other from either side of the border fence it is hard to tell which one is in the safest area.
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It is extremely hard to tell who is who.
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But it is also hard to tell how much that is because of his acting, and how much because fathers today are no longer such heroes and infidelity is no longer quite so shocking.
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Though it is invariably hard to tell with secretive Myanmar, this may be because the military regime is itself at a delicate juncture given suspected internal concerns over the stability of its ailing leadership.
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