Sentences with phrase «been an uphill battle from»

Unfortunately, my race was an uphill battle from the first corner: I saw Massa going slowly in the centre of the track and had to avoid him, and that's when I got the hit (from Sainz).

Although I took breastfeeding class, read tons of books, and even had lactation consultants help me at my hospital stay; it was an uphill battle from the start.

We knew this would be an uphill battle from the start but we took on the challenge anyway,» Walter said.

It has been an uphill battle from the start.

Even then it will be an uphill battle from here, but there's little likelihood of Bixby continuing to exist if it can't become a notable alternative in the smart home and IoT markets.

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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.

Nintendo faces an uphill battle in the coming year, with fierce competition from the newly - released Sony Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One systems, which both saw high sales during the holidays and are technologically superior.

Each day, thousands of previously incarcerated men and women are released from our nation's prisons, only to face an uphill battle when seeking employment because of their criminal history.

Now, as he wages an uphill battle for the Republican nomination, Perry is emphasizing his Christian commitment even more than in the past, trying to line up support from conservative Christian leaders and religious voters nationwide.

Instead of having to fight off a 1st round pick... he is defending his position from G Leaguers not Lottery Picks.if the Hawks invest in a first round wing, Bembry would have an uphill battle against Schlenk's pick... but, if he is healthy he should have the advantage over the G Leaguers.

They will be indirectly benefitting from it.Until this changes or Wenger is sacked,» Arsenal will face an uphill battle to win the epl.

And because of it, Juve were fighting an uphill battle on the scoreboard from the third minute on.

Such results have led to pessimism among some experts, reflected in sentiments like the following one from a leading expert on adolescent development: «Classroom - based health education is an uphill battle against evolution and endocrinology, and it is not a fight we are likely to win» (ref.

So have aspects of the Terrible Twos, fighting the uphill battle of keeping a newborn from getting sick when your eldest has spiked a scary fever, cats seeming to punch into their night shifts for mayhem the second the whole house goes quiet at bedtime, and the proven fact that things will sometimes be simply out of our control in this household for awhile.

ICYMI: In anticipation of another tough uphill battle for the majority, the Senate Democrats are marshaling their resources, focusing on stockpiling cash for competitive races rather than paying down their remaining debt from 2010.

And while it's an uphill battle facing a heavily entrenched foe, outreach efforts will give Staten Island and Brooklyn voters — both old and new — food for thought the next time they go to the polls: ranging from alleged campaign finance fraud; to Grimm's threatening of a reporter with physical violence; to his latest federal fraud and tax charges, he is quite a colorful character with a very colorful history just begging to be lampooned.

Former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate faces an uphill battle in restoring his public image after being ousted from the Senate in February for assaulting his girlfriend, but he is also far behind his opponent, community activist Francisco Moya, in campaign financing as he prepares for the Sept. 14 Democratic primary for the Assembly.

This is from April 2010 when candidates were still emerging: ------------------------ http://www.tremonttribune.org/?p=533 But some say a race against incumbent Espada could be an uphill battle.

Say Good - bye: In Illinois, Republican senator Mark Kirk was already facing a steep uphill reelection battle against Democratic Representative Tammy Duckworth when he decided to deride her family's heritage and military service at their October 28 debate, sniping, «I had forgotten that your parents had come all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington.»

He thinks Ganim has an uphill legal battle and said going forward, the question for the courts will be whether Connecticut has a «valid interest» in barring candidates with prior public corruption charges from public campaign money.

The campaign is also expanding its efforts in states where it admits that the Democratic presidential nominee faces an uphill battle, but where down - ballot Democrats could get a boost from increased turnout.

While Westchester is heavily Democratic on paper, experts say it is a classic suburban «bellwether» county, meaning it can be turned red or blue based on the winds of influence from Washington, D.C. Astorino, who challenged Gov. Cuomo in 2014, is popular in the county, and in a typical year, Latimer would be fighting an uphill battle.

The deal faces an uphill battle in the House, where conservative Republicans are concerned about spending increases and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi objected to temporarily setting aside immigration policy demands from the budget process.

Even though the giant panda's extinction status was downgraded from endangered to vulnerable last year, the bears still face an uphill battle for survival.

Looking at food labels and trying to regulate your sugar intake is an uphill battle, one that involves a lot of middle school math, which some of us expelled from our consciousness several decades ago.

By caring for your body with high amounts of nutrient dense foods, getting lots of sleep and implementing all the important recovery tips that I outlined in Chapter 8, you can keep many of these issues from occurring, but you must listen carefully to your body because especially as a female, you are fighting an uphill battle.

She contends that we are at the point in time, both information - and evidence-wise, when vaccine usage must be eliminated, as humanity already faces an extreme uphill battle to try to recover from the damage done by them to date.

Paradise is never found here by director Mario Andreacchio, who battles in an uphill struggle with John Goldsmith's script and a structure that totally distances us as it flits from the present to the past and years in between

But it's an uphill battle; and he faces disapproval from various crew members, chiefly Daniels who's doubtful of his motives.

And it is this uphill battle which is vividly recounted in Amazing Grace, a compelling bio-pic from veteran director Michael Apted of the 7 UP series fame.

It's possible to make a good film from mediocre material, but it's an uphill battle.

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.

Gil Keenan's Poltergeist remake has had an uphill battle since it was first announced, mostly because Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic of the same name is as close to perfect as a haunted house movie can get — there's virtually nothing, aside from some special effects, that would benefit from a remake.

Even if they are enacted, however, they will face an uphill battle absent broader reforms to teacher compensation systems — reforms that may be encouraged from Washington but will ultimately require action by state legislatures and local school boards.

Until organisations recognise this, and separate us out from the training function, we will always have an uphill battle getting people to «unlearn» the concept that all performance and behavioural issues can be fixed with a training course.

Yet, we do know that teachers who lack sufficient time with students, and students who spend too much time away from productive learning, are fighting an uphill battle in an environment where we hold increasingly high expectations for our children.

Any legal challenge to these regulations faces an uphill battle, yet judicial efforts may be needed to prevent ED and DOJ from using the civil rights laws to federalize all issues of discipline in the nation's schools.

On the other hand, Ford and General Motors are fighting an uphill battle against these new enemies from Silicon Valley.

The RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD faces an uphill battle; Acura would certainly like to move more than the 100 or so that are sold each month, and that volume is down more than 40 % from the same January to September span in 2015, which was down by half from the year before that.

Although Samsung has done a pretty good job here creating a mini ecoystem, it's fighting an uphill battle versus Amazon, which lets you purchase everything from games and movies to books and music using a single account most people already have.

Obviously, I do not suffer from this issue, but penetration here will be an uphill battle until they expand on that catalog.

I think there are many cases in which an ebook that's having trouble breaking through that «wall of content» these days (and few titles aren't fighting an uphill battle) can benefit from opening up this vast library audience.

AT&T's exclusive agreement on the HTC Jetstream is likely to lead to an uphill battle in trying to draw customers away from the iPad 2.

A more likely explanation is that HP faces an uphill battle convincing consumers that a tablet that doesn't run the popular iOS or Android operating systems can be at least as useful as devices from the competition, even though there are far fewer third party apps available for the platform today.

From my time browsing the forums it looks like it still is going to be a uphill battle to get the Nook Color running smooth with ICS.

Given that the Master Promissary Note specifically refers to IBR / PSLF, my understanding was that the government would have an uphill battle pulling the rug out from people who relied on this when they made their career decisions.

Unfortunately, it has been arduous enough to get veterinarians to change from annual vaccines to the current three - year protocol so it is going to be an uphill battle to get them to vaccinate even much less steadily.

They rely on help from volunteers, foster parents and donations to get the work done, but it's always an uphill battle — especially for shelters housing cats.

You will be fighting an uphill battle, but often if your puppy gets away from you the best thing to do is to lie down on the ground and act silly.