Sentences with phrase «almost insurmountable obstacles»

In recent years, the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless has found DC officials shutting the door on homeless families through «unlawful procedures that have created almost insurmountable obstacles.»

Despite almost insurmountable obstacles, Carrie never wavers from her pledge to find Harrison - dead or alive.

«The power of incumbency creates an almost insurmountable obstacle to challengers who have witnessed a level of corruption that has seen the arrest of 44 members since 2003,» Long wrote in the letter.

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

This is viewed as an almost insurmountable obstacle as it usually means lack of formal education, no useful social contacts, and insufficient opportunity in one's younger years to learn a trade.

Not exact matches

Any referendum would face the insurmountable obstacle of gaining approval from the Scottish parliament - mathematically almost impossible - and even then would probably fail.