Sentences with phrase «little headway»

Despite all they have learned in the past century, neuroscientists have made little headway in figuring out exactly how brain cells process information.

Cuomo's administration has made little headway in filling the top job at New York's banking regulator, a financial watchdog over which the governor's staff has sought to exert greater control.

At Ontolo we've made very little headway on our target SEO terms, and frankly we've only occassionally asked for targeted anchor text from our linkers.

Seidelman's first feature, the independently produced Smithereens (1983), made very little headway in mainstream theaters, but was a hit on the festival circuit.

But such arguments make little headway with socialists, says Novak, because, contrary to appearances, socialism is not really a practical political proposal at all.

Persons like Jane and Bob often make little headway toward intimacy without professional marriage counseling or personal psychotherapy.

The former astronaut has so far made little headway within NASA — which is focused instead on returning men to the moon — or even among many scientists who prefer to spend precious funds on asteroid detection.

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

However, plainly they have made little headway so far.

You may feel like your practice is making little headway as your mind chatters and your legs tingle from sitting.

Despite all they have learned in the past century, neuroscientists have made little headway figuring out exactly how brain cells process information.

From what I could tell, they had made little headway beyond stirring up people's emotions, just like my Harvard peers and I nearly a decade earlier.

There was a slight uptick from 2014 to 2015, the most recent figures available, but that is little headway for a sport that was once much more robust.

On the face of it, the Lib Dems made little headway here - Labour actually increased their share of local councillors.

The 2010 midterm elections drew residents from every corner of Queens to vote in races that ousted its last remaining Republican in Albany and changed the face of politics in a borough where Republicans and Tea Party members made little headway despite a national groundswell of support for more conservative politicians.

He has also been working on immigration reform, but the Democrats» weak signals of interest before last week have helped contribute to an atmosphere where nobody expected a bill to advance this year, and thus little headway has been made.

Many new MFTs get so frustrated or make such little headway in the job search that they give up on finding a job in D.C. and focus only on Maryland.

They do nothing well and experience very little headway because they're busy working in their business and not on it.

I asked her, how could she afford to start the year at such a slow pace, focusing so much attention on classroom relationships while making so little headway on the academic curriculum?

Similarly, the other nations in the region have made little headway with China concerning their own competing South China Sea claims.

Although it has been some years since this was published, the veterinary community has made little headway toward following these recommendations.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has made little headway in filling the top job at New York's banking regulator, a financial watchdog over which the governor's staff has sought to exert greater control.

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.

This is basically an argument I've been making for a while, both to anti-pit and pro-pit factions, with very little headway.

A trained economist, Li has made little headway in the much - needed economic reforms the government has promised.

Critics point to few new jobs created, a widespread agrarian crisis, slow progress on the planned $ 1 trillion investment in large infrastructure projects, and little headway on tax reform.

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

With the larger economic problems the nation faces in funding the Depression - era program, Astrue has made little headway, particularly since he took office after the collapse of President Bush's efforts to reform the system, and especially now that his six - year appointment has carried him, a Republican legacy, into a Democratic administration.

Even Obama's plan to eliminate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, considered by White House advisor to be a sure - fire winner as an electoral issue, made little headway.

The next morning, having made little headway, Leavitt got a call from Norman Woolworth, president of Stoner Creek Stud.

Eunic Ortiz, president of the Stonewall Democrats, said her club had made little headway in speaking with James» staff.

His proposal, perceived as too costly and risky, made little headway.

The proposal has made little headway in Congress, however, in part because of tight budgets and in part because of Republicans» traditional distaste for anything that smacks of industrial policy.

As director he made little headway in winning over conservative Republican legislators who have long complained that the 70 - some question ACS, which in 2005 replaced the long form of the decennial census, is unduly burdensome and an invasion of privacy (see stories here, here, and here).

Some clever experiments are making at least a little headway.

We're in the first week of the new year and I'm making a little headway on some long - delayed projects.

Conversely, the films have zero traction in China, Japan and Korea, where the books likewise made little headway.

To date this recommendation has made little headway in entrenched special - education communities; it failed to find its way into the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA.

The country was lagging behind its international peers, and a half - century effort to erode racial disparities in school achievement had made little headway.

The country lagged behind its international peers, and its half - century effort to erode racial disparities in student achievement had made little headway.

The action marks the latest setback for the governor's education agenda, which was battered last year and has made little headway in 2017, even with a modest list of bills.

Nearly a quarter of a century into democracy, four presidents and several curricular revisions later, South Africa has made little headway in its...

Anyway, despite the millions & billions of barrels Tony O'Reilly keeps throwing around, Providence has made precious little progress in the past year: The Dunquin North exploration well was a bit of a dud, and there's been little headway with the farm - out of Barryroe (or proving up its resources).

Until the food changes are made, there is little point in trying to address the dysbiosis as little headway will be gained.

These figures have remained fairly consistent since the 2003 - 2004 edition of the survey, but when you compare them with the results of the most recent U.S. Census, which says that Hispanics now make up over 16 percent of the population (up 43 percent since 2000) and blacks make up 12 percent (up 12.3 percent since 2000), it seems that little headway has been made in promoting pet ownership among these ethnic groups.

Though more product is being moved, it is at such a low cost that very little headway is actually be made to make the game profitable.

The big task will be to add something really innovative to the single - player campaign — a task that Call of Duty has been attempting for the past three years with little headway.