Sentences with phrase «be an uphill battle for»

But it's certainly been an uphill battle for digital TV startup Aereo as it faced a federal lawsuit brought on by the major TV broadcast networks.

Learning photography has been an uphill battle for me, so it's so nice to hear encouraging words!

Chase Utley was the most notable, but for the most part, it's an uphill battle for kids who weren't athletic enough to wrest control of the shortstop position at Iona College.

It was an uphill battle for us.»

The junior guard was out of the game — and it was going to be an uphill battle for his teammates to pull the game out.

It's just been an uphill battle for them all season and as Rookies you have to feel for them..

This is an uphill battle for them now though and this is their first berth in the quarter finals of the Europa League.

With as little experience as Marquette had on offense coming into the season, it was going to be an uphill battle for that at - large bid.

Nevertheless, the district is, like the rest of NYC, dominated by Democrats, and would be an uphill battle for any Republican — especially a political neophyte, even if his last name is Giuliani.

Lorigo told me and Nick Reisman at CPAC last month that the door remained open to Grisanti, but also made clear it would be an uphill battle for him to win the local party's endorsement.

It was always going to be an uphill battle for the Swans with survival not in their hands, but they made a positive start.

He did say that the project will be an uphill battle for other reasons, such as cost and sorting out the logistics of the private and public partnership.

Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy acknowledges mounting a successful race against Cuomo is going to be an uphill battle for any of the three candidates.

Finding a match, however, would be an uphill battle for Drew.

And Carey Mulligan Becoming an actress was an uphill battle for Carey Mulligan.

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series: Adrian Lester (Undercover), Regé - Jean Page («Roots»), Both Lester and Jean Page were solid, but with one nominee from Roots, Malachi Kirby, already in the category and two others, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Courtney Vance, from The People v. O.J. Simpson, it was always going to be an uphill battle for either of our two snubbed performers.

Add to that the fact that «Mockingjay» is hands - down the weakest entry in the trilogy, and it was always going to be an uphill battle for director Francis Lawrence and writers Danny Strong and Peter Craig.

It's an uphill battle for sure, but the Avengers are legion, and Thor: The Dark World hits the theaters with quite a bit of momentum.

Giving instruction for a new - millennium makeover is an uphill battle for national organizations, let alone for solitary educators in the trenches.

It was always going to be an uphill battle for Tesla but so far they are doing way better than they should have considering how tough a neighborhood this is.

It's an uphill battle for self - published authors, but if we produce books that match the quality of traditional publishers, and if we behave professionally, we will get our rewards.

Now that the bootloader has been unlocked for the Motorola Atrix (which was an uphill battle for a long time), there's no stopping the amount of mods and ROMs that we'll start seeing.

It's an uphill battle for Kindle Store competitors.

There are so many of the latter that it's an uphill battle for the rest to market their books.

Coping with and surviving divorce can be an uphill battle for many.

Just leaving the house to run errands is an uphill battle for a single mom.

In Antigua this is an uphill battle for three gringos needing to get through a pile of paperwork and licensing.

Choosing the right method for wood floor installation can be an uphill battle for many people.

Primarily because we're both lacking beach and sun time after living in Portland for nearly 7 years (Portland's «blink and you'll miss it» summers have been an uphill battle for me).

It's an uphill battle for people who want to address AGW seriously.

Introducing new products is an uphill battle for travel insurance companies, which face strict regulatory oversight before they can bring a product to market.

Exporting finished videos is another uphill battle for the Surface Laptop.

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Medical marijuana patients are bracing for an uphill battle in their bid to convince the federal government to exempt medicinal cannabis from excise taxes.

Even for four - time U.S. Olympic star Lindsey Vonn, making a living from downhill skiing has been an uphill battle.

«The AIC experience has left a very bad taste with a lot of people, and I think it's even more of an uphill battle than it would be for a startup, to rebuild that confidence, if it can be done at all.

For Clinton, never a darling of young voters, this is an uphill battle.

«I was worried that I would have an uphill battle to convince these dinosaurs in the toy industry that this concept would be desirable for the modern consumer,» she says.

Describing Valve's new product, which is now entering beta testing, as a «latent threat,» Piers Harding - Rolls, analyst at IHS Screen Digest, says that for all its accomplishments Valve faces an uphill battle.

Competing on price is a major uphill battle for SMBs on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as mega-retailers offer shoppers deep discounts that smaller retailers simply can't afford in order to remain profitable.

Yet shoppers stayed away in droves, and JC Penney is now faced with an even bigger uphill battle for its survival than it faced before.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled a plan earlier this month to raise the gas tax by 25 cents — five cents a year for five years — a move the group acknowledged would be an uphill battle.

For startups not located at this epicenter of emerging companies, it might seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be.

The #MeToo movement is shining a light on stories of sexual harassment and discrimination that have remained in the dark for far too long, but women founders are still facing an uphill battle when it comes to securing venture capital funding for their startups.

Although some of its supporters are optimistic about the potential for this new kind of open - source e-money, the venture is fighting a massive uphill battle: for one thing, Bitcoin may actually turn out to be illegal.

PSAC members who work on the front - line to preserve our environment have been fighting an uphill battle for too long.

As the sales team grows and is now going to be 100 % enabled with a license and they are expecting close to 100 % adoption it would be an uphill battle to replace [competitor](at least for now).

Following the July 17th launch of Ethereum Classic (ETC) trading on the OKCoin platform, the demand for ETC has soared and ETC is once again a hot topic within the community after a 3 year uphill battle conceptualizing a decentralized environment.

Or they may bring waves of clarity for all the twentysomethings out there who feel lost, frustrated and like they're fighting an uphill battle.

But if for every piece of information you need to know where that person went to school, or who they are married to etc etc, you're going to be stuck in an uphill battle.

The Guardian: Muslim women face an uphill battle against prejudice to find work Baroness Warsi may have opted for shalwar khameez for her first meeting of the cabinet in May 2010, but for many Muslim women, the struggle is to downplay ethnic or religious difference in order to find acceptance — and employment.