Sentences with phrase «headway against»

Since 2014 a men's healing project in seven Darwin town communities has been making headway against a backdrop of significant trauma, poverty and inadequate infrastructure in the communities.

Microsoft has tweaked the economics for Windows on key mobile devices to make headway against low - end Android devices.

With various «bring your own chopsticks» movements making little headway against the 45 billion pairs of disposable wooden utensils used each year in China alone, a clever Chinese environmental group has

When can we expect a conference to make headway against the mass of polluters and their investment in fossil fuels.

Doug Lowenstein, executive vice president of banking and rewards at SimpleTuition says of the program, «It's a great, low maintenance way to make headway against your student loans through things that you would be doing otherwise,» (U.S. News).

As Americans continue to make slow headway against the financial doldrums that have kept our country in a prolonged recovery, debt repayment will be an important part of rebuilding our lives.

But by adding Kindle sales, the USA Today is trying to anticipate current trends and make headway against the Times list.

Both are motivated by a genuine desire to make headway against racial and economic inequalities in learning and achievement, and to improve prospects for disadvantaged children.

Granted, there was then, as there is now, a crisis of poverty among children, and schools struggled to make headway against a persistent achievement gap.

Among priorities in 2011, the government intends to make headway against two diseases that hit China hard: hepatitis B and skeletal fluorosis, which is caused by inhalation of fluorine given off by home coal stoves.

Basic lab operations came to a screeching halt for a host of projects attempting to make headway against blood cancer, pediatric cancers and HIV during the shutdown, with potential ripple effects as the government opens back up for business.

12 May WHO and CDC officials suggest that European and Asian countries may have made headway against the virus with aggressive screening of travelers and prompt treatment of infected people and their contacts with antivirals.

While Ed Miliband and Balls are frowned on for not making more headway against an unpopular government during an economic downturn, Cooper stays above the fray, unaffected and increasingly admired.

For Byrne and Twigg, very much on the Blairite wing of the party, demotion is punishment for a summer of relative silence and an inability to make headway against a pair departments which aren't strangers to the odd gaffe,

-- AG Andrew Cuomo continues to blow away the competition, although Carl Paladino has made some modest headway against the Democratic frontrunner, while his GOP primary opponent, Rick Lazio, has not.

· Adekoya looked strong on the ball, but no one on the second team was able to make much headway against a back four of Jones, Alfaro, Torres, and Fisher

At other times, it seems that Spurs are simply failing to make any headway against their (theoretically) obdurate foes.

In the last quarter of the ninth century Alfred the Great made headway against them in England, but after his death fresh inroads in North England were made by Scandinavians from Ireland.

It is a simple chart of economic progress, but the implications within the data is that we are making headway against our perpetual foes: pestilence, war, famine and death.

His double vindication, however — by the journal that published his work and the university where he works — makes little headway against the howling media denunciation of his «debunked» research.

Unless our actions disprove what they are being taught in Iran, Iraq, Afganistan, we will never make headway against fundamentalist Islamic terrorists.

Separated, individual believers will not be able to make any headway against the present storm.

A toy AI that could hold a conversation of sorts and make some headway against a Turing test.

Government social policies, according to Nathan Glazer, are «making no steady headway against a sea of misery.»

In that case, the United States would need to lock in its success there if it hopes to make any headway against ISIS forces intact in Syria, against potential Iranian efforts to profit from the group's setbacks, and against the ethnic and religious demons that have long haunted the Iraqi state.

The result is that Android phones are the market leader, while Android tablets are also making some headway against Apple.

Not exact matches

But until that summer, this litany of evils, one that could be greatly extended, had seemed a matter of miscellaneous problems against which some headway was being made.

Rowing against the wind, the disciples were making little headway, when in the fourth watch (i.e., 3:00 - 6:00 AM.)

As for Burnley, they continue to enjoy massive success on home soil and they will be looking to make headway up the league table by collecting three points at Turf Moor against the rapidly fading Champions.

The pushback against the Republican misinformation machine is making headway.

Although Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly vowed to campaign against the ruling coalition in the senate unless headway is made on some key issues, Democrats in the chamber are not optimistic about legislative progress.

Poloncarz also said he expects to gain more headway with his proposed Fair Housing Law, which adds to existing state and federal anti-discrimination legislation to prohibit housing discrimination based on sources of income, which are frequently cited as a pretext for discriminating against prospective tenants and buyers based on race, marital status and disabilities.

«The EFCC needs you; Nigeria needs your critical support if we are to make any headway in this important campaign against corruption.

«The Clean Air Act mandates you have to take action,» he said «The moral of that story is we would expect president - elect Trump to move against current climate policy but not make a lot of tangible headway immediately.»

I've been battling against my body since I realised I was trans * at 22, but I've not made any headway because I've never had enough money.

Introduced back in 2002, the Sorento (then built in Korea) shoe - horned its way into a crowded compact SUV market and made headway — even against its sibling the Hyundai Santa Fe.

We reported earlier in this year in March that the EU conducted raids on various book publishers and this investigation marks headway on internal paperwork seized to gather a strong case against book publishers.

During their little excursion against the blood - mage both Cairon and his sister Calandra have their latent magical abilities activated by mixing their blood, and thus begins our tale proper in which brave Cairon must wander around the world, doing a series of pointless quests in order to made any headway.

However, while recent reports suggest headway is finally being made on production, and that the finished article might not be as disastrous as other famous video game - film adaptations, there are, nevertheless, plenty of arguments against making an Uncharted movie in the first place.

The proposition sceptics make is that the «hockey stick» is just too convenient and came along when those trying to make a case against fossil fuels were not making much headway.

First analysis of progress against Sustainable Development Goal 7 - which targets green energy - finds limited headway made against clean cooking, renewables, and energy efficiency targets

On the other hand, the growing clamour against an «accident claims culture» was gaining political headway.