Sentences with phrase «fight uphill»

By telling them their house is gross, you are offending them from the outset, and you will have to fight an uphill battle to buy their home.

Using his real estate skills, he arranged for the purchase of a half - lot beside the fire station and used his negotiating skills to fight an uphill battle.

This presents a unique family situation for many citizens of Long Beach.2 Additionally, depression and anxiety rank as two of the most serious health issues facing the city's residents.3 With many uninsured, poor, and otherwise underserved families, the Long Beach mental health community has to fight an uphill battle in order to bring behavioral services to those who most need it.

Many people keep trying to fight an uphill battle much after they should have simply called a «time out.»

With an overwhelming number of students entering school with insecure attachments, educators fight an uphill battle.

As a Member of the EFTA, the UK would need to fight an uphill battle also against the EFTA Court.

Without groups like Northwest Justice and other LSC funded organizations, thousands more Americans would be left on their own to fight this uphill battle.

M&M had to fight an uphill battle, because Mann resisted their third party review of his analysis at every turn, and tried to deny them access to his data and methodology, an absolutely unconscionable violation of the principles of science (particularly publicly funded science).

The U.S. coal industry has been left to fight an uphill battle with the EPA over the agency's authority to set rules on CO2 emissions from power plants.

Without dedicated revenues from carbon regulations, the CDR field is left to fight an uphill battle against other GHG abatement approaches for the limited public funding available for energy / environment technology R&D.

PES is still a champion on the pitch where it matters most, but the series continues to fight an uphill battle in terms of licensing and feature set.

If you know of other organizations working to fight this uphill battle with real solutions, please let me know.

Trying to lose fat in the presence of constant high insulin levels will force you to fight an uphill battle.

If your body is not prepared or «primed» for weight loss, you will fight an uphill biochemical battle.

«Before Jarrett appears at a black - tie fundraiser to tout the administration's «strong support,» she should meet and talk with those who have actually been impacted by this discriminatory law and who continue to fight this uphill battle for the lives and livelihoods of gay and lesbian troops.»

Anyone — Republican or Democrat — who wins the 26th district then will have to immediately begin to fight an uphill battle on why the seat shouldn't be carved up to protect more senior members in the area.

U.S. have a huge technological base focused on magnetic strip, so efforts to switch to a more secure technological solution fight an uphill battle.

«So why fight an uphill battle for a job you're going to hate and risk going out as a loser?»

He'll either have to fight an uphill battle for a Republican nomination, seek a third party nod, or form his own ballot line to get on next November's ticket.

«You don't get the endorsement, you don't get any of it, and you have to fight an uphill battle.

Unfortunately, in their zeal to fight the uphill battle, most nursing mothers have to face, some of my fellow nursing proponents have become... well... they've gotten to kind of be a ** holes to our fellow mamas who choose, for whatever reason, not to breastfeed.

There are few people better equipped to fight uphill battles and get things done.

If you don't nail that you are going to be fighting an uphill battle.

Sadly, many of these companies are still using antiquated, ineffective sales models and processes, leaving their sales staffs fighting an uphill battle.

Despite Schmidt's enthusiasm, Motorola is fighting an uphill battle against Samsung and Apple.

There was no consensus on how the situation will unfold, but all three agreed on one thing: once the NHL's back, the league will be fighting an uphill battle in its weakest markets.

However, EM equities are fighting an uphill battle, held back by an appreciating U.S. dollar, falling commodity prices and flagging exports.

Although mentioned in the media recently, the Winklevoss twins have been fighting an uphill battle to get their bitcoin ETF proposal approved since July 2013.

Business leaders of companies like Amer - con are fighting an uphill battle against foreign companies and it's costing Americans jobs and billions of dollars.

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

But the establishment is fighting an uphill battle in the long run.

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.

These churches and mosques are indeed fighting an uphill battle; they can not totally counter the pervasive influence on black people, especially black youths, of the sexual and violent images purveyed by mass media.

They played every week and every opponent tough — even in their final game fighting an uphill battle.

Until the playing field is level between us and the rest, meaning how much a club can pay for transfers and wages then we will be fighting uphill.

That's what I think TCU is facing; having the key depth, facing tough in - conference opponents and always fighting uphill is never going to be easy for them.

Arsenal can't afford to have referees making their mind up on our players before a ball is kicked because you end up in situations like yesterday fighting an uphill battle with 10 men on the field.

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

It's no secret that since Jose Mourinho took over reigns at Old Trafford, the manager has been fighting an uphill battle trying to revamp his defensive department.

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.

We all know that the lactation world fights an uphill battle while being bombarded with industry influence.

Unless and until professional sports send a clear message that concussions are dangerous and need to be treated as the serious, potentially life - altering or - ending injuries they can often be, parents are going to be fighting an uphill battle in convincing their young warriors to likewise take concussions seriously.

You are fighting an uphill battle in some ways.

So not only are the rules of the game screwed up, but in low - income neighborhoods, foodservice directors are fighting an uphill battle of child preferences because of what they kids are eating at home.

It appears New Yorkers for Newt are fighting an uphill battle, however, since the candidate's surge has disintegrated — thanks to a barrage of ads that attacked his conservative credentials.

Stefanik benefited from a similar air war against Woolf, a first - time candidate who fought an uphill battle in an election year that favored the GOP.

Sorry but you're fighting an uphill battle.

Ball is fighting an uphill battle so long as Skelos is leader of the GOP senators.

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 vacancies couldn't come at a worse time for the Senate minority, which is fighting an uphill battle against the better - funded Democrats who enjoy a 5 - to - 3 statewide enrollment edge.