Sentences with phrase «as insurmountable obstacles»

In «Change Agents Build Relationships: A Key to Culture,» Sheninger and Murray write, «Challenges should not be seen as insurmountable obstacles to change but rather opportunities to do things differently and better.»

All the judgment of Catholicism that I had so neatly packed away and denied suddenly loomed up as an insurmountable obstacle to a happy life.

The iPhone's App Store stands as an insurmountable obstacle to rival smart phone makers.

The delay in the Commonwealth government's decision to support a consent determination was not seen by the Victorian government as an insurmountable obstacle to negotiating a package that was aimed at a broader objective.

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If we see the obstacles as insurmountable, we realize those wishes are not feasible, so we let them go.

Our words can move other people from a fear - based mindset in which they see obstacles as insurmountable, to a positive mindset where they see that change is possible and take action.

This excellent ensemble cast is portrayed as average Americans who are navigating a dangerous and unstable environment, trying to flourish in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

They make every intervention sound like an insurmountable obstacle to breastfeeding relationship and every ounce of formula as an end of adequate milk supply»

There are various online resources and support groups that will help you realize that far from being an insurmountable obstacle, OCD is a condition that many people have learned to live with, as they learn to overcome their compulsions and begin enjoying a successful, happy life.

That's not an insurmountable obstacle, but the bid would not be as powerful as one coming from one of the established third - party lines, which wield considerable influence in New York.

But he also believes that medical researchers will overcome some of the thorny obstacles to safe and effective therapies — just as once seemingly insurmountable obstacles to kidney transplants were overcome — clearing the way for treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's, blindness, and immune disorders.

Doctors had not (and are still yet to) recognise metabolic damage as a medical condition, and I felt alone as I faced what seemed to be an insurmountable obstacle.

Your efforts to increase intimacy in order to mitigate your overwhelming sense of loneliness have been met with seemingly insurmountable obstacles such as...

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.

It's also far too easy to lose a race entirely thanks to minor mistakes, as even glancing a wall can send your car careening into other obstacles before grinding to a halt, disoriented and often facing the wrong way or stuck in a corner, all while opponents either fly by or increase their lead to insurmountable levels.

Just as they seem to overcome one insurmountable obstacle, they encounter yet another unfortunate turn.

Time is astronaut Mark Watney's enemy, as he confronts new and seemingly insurmountable obstacles every day.

With regard to the second prong, the court found that, rather than facing «insurmountable obstacles» to repayment of the loans, the debtor could be eligible for loan forgiveness as a county employee.

However, as I became more familiar with Mississippi, I learned that many obstacles stood in the way — some of which seemed insurmountable and out of scope because my new home was so different.

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.

After three years of hard work, the team has brought its elegant mixture of bullets and time manipulation to the virtual space, allowing you to dodge bullets as they whiz about your head, and to fight your way through impossible spaces while overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

As Spencer says, empirical research isn't easy.33 Naturally enough, this might appear to be an insurmountable obstacle to engaging in empirical work, especially when considering the already extensive demands on a professor's time due to the heavy grading and other student - facing obligations of our courses.

Never put off by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, instead seeing them as challenges to be overcome.