tall order

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This is a tall order, however, since a stellar multi-year track record almost always attracts a lot of investment capital.

From MarketWatch

This is a tall order, however, since a stellar multi-year track record almost always attracts a lot of investment capital.

From MarketWatch

It’s a tall order, and when June has a fall that sends her back into the hospital — and soon after, hospice — Julia must wrangle her dysfunctional family and rally them all to face the inevitable.

From Salon

But that might be a tall order, because of the need for a regulatory framework and broad diplomatic agreement on how and where such ships can operate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Getting the caps back now, Alan said, is "a tall order" but he hoped whoever had them might return them.

From BBC