Sentences with phrase «major stumbling»

But I am trying to be a zen mama (these days), so I'm keeping my cool about the eldest's birthday party plans hitting a major stumbling block.

«People who have made major concessions up front will perceive even minor concessions later as major stumbling blocks,» warns Carroll.

The major stumbling block in most property sales is financing, with only 1 in 4 home loans being approved.

My goal is to help couples work through major stumbling blocks that often occur in long term relationships, and to help them communicate with each other and parent in the best way possible for the well being of their children.

Therein lies a major stumbling block for students and seasoned professionals alike.

One major stumbling block for the iPhone 7 going forward is supply constraints as analysts have been asking about if the company can stock the Plus model up to demand.

Before hitting a major stumbling block with the production of TrueDepth camera systems and various sensors needed to make Face ID recognition on the iPhone X convenient, reliable and secure, Apple reportedly encountered some smaller difficulties getting Samsung to ramp up OLED screen manufacturing.

Passing away of one of the partners can prove to be a major stumbling block in the ordinary functioning of the family.

The major stumbling block with this type of policy is that its implementation would cause EU migrants to be treated less favourably than UK citizens.

It contains a lot of thoughtful analysis on how to make innovative ideas in a law firm actually happen, and in the process does a good job of identifying some of the major stumbling blocks firms encounter.

Halifax Regional Council passed a number of minor amendments to the downtown Halifax land - use bylaw Tuesday night that may eliminate a major stumbling block for at least one developer.

This is often a major stumbling block, as both parties can be very attached to their family dog or cat.

Aboriginal opposition to such proposals as Enbridge Inc.'s $ 6 - billion Northern Gateway pipeline has been a major stumbling block to the Harper Conservatives» aim of shipping large volumes of oil sands - derived crude to the Pacific Coast to be exported to Asia as a way to increase returns.

The Bar Council, which published the third edition of its Brexit Papers last week, warned the European Court of Justice (CJEU) could be «a major stumbling block in negotiations».

I get the impression that beyond the fire departments the major stumbling block to effective traffic calming improvements is that higher speed designations on the area in question are counter-indicative.

Of course, a major stumbling block of any solar oven infrastructure is the tempermentality of the sun.

And despite dealing with some major stumbling blocks, according to the Times, the public doesn't want the government to scale back — they're demanding, instead, that they find a way to speed the transition up.

Verification is a major stumbling block in the climate negotiations.

Storage and distribution remain the major stumbling blocks for electricity.

«EnergySage's research shows that a lack of clear understanding of clean energy technologies and their economics is a major stumbling block to consumer purchases.

This amounts to creating another major stumbling block towards a comprehensive climate agreement in Copenhagen.

Temperature adjustments are one of the major stumbling blocks in climate science, and there is no good solution.

There are two major stumbling blocks between submitting a game for emulation and us being able to publish it.

Another major stumbling block in the world of the intrepid catacomb - lurker is the pitfall.

California assemblyman Mike Davis suggested the idea this week, but he also acknowledged one major stumbling block: «Given that we have an economic shortfall... I suspect it would be difficult for the State Parks Department to purchase the property alone.»

It turned out one of the major stumbling blocks to many of my suggestions were the dogs» owners.

Before you make the decision to adopt a cat, one of the major stumbling blocks you may face is figuring out whether you're in an ideal financial situation to become a pet owner.

Their natural stubbornness can be a major stumbling block for impatient owners.

If you're an active trader, taxes can be a major stumbling block — if you don't have the information you need at tax time.

According to All Things D, one of the major stumbling blocks in the negotiations was Amazon's ability to set the price for magazines it sells, but the company has assured publishers that it doesn't plan to lower prices.

Supposedly, the major stumbling block for Time Inc. was that Amazon has retained the ability to set the retail price for the magazines it sells, which means it could theoretically slash prices or give away the magazines for free.

But this is the car's major stumbling block: the engine is thirsty and inefficient, so the G37 can't really compete with the class leaders.

I realized that there were major stumbling blocks to teachers accessing current educational research.

I am also more aware than ever that teachers are often not respected as leaders or professionals, and that can be a major stumbling block.»

That Clam Dandy doesn't rock too terribly hard is a major stumbling block only exacerbated by director Steyermark's decision to feature a few of their listless, pop - inspired heavy metal tunes in their allegedly poignant entirety.

It's testimony to the power of McQueen's control of the whole enterprise that the film overcomes what, to me, were major stumbling blocks, but there's a degree to which I wish a less - inhibited filmmaker had examined the same subject.

The sound design is actually the major stumbling block in Public Enemies.

The lack of challenging puzzles and other traditional game elements will be a major stumbling point for some, and that's perfectly understandable — you must go into it knowing what to expect, and that's a very straightforward puzzle - adventure game.

There's one major stumbling block in the world of dieting; temptation — and one in particular is really throwing most cuts off their stride... carbohydrates.

This was a major stumbling block for me.

There are two major stumbling blocks to advancing our understanding of microbes» role in the biosphere.

The three papers remove a major stumbling block to a scientific consensus, says Benjamin Santer of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, lead author of the climate model study.

However, Hirsch believes, there are some major stumbling blocks, especially for (nonmilitary) federal employees working overseas.

The addition of a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide protects a perovskite solar cell against humidity — still a major stumbling block to the commercial application of this new type of solar cell.

Electronic materials have been a major stumbling block for the advance of flexible electronics because existing materials do not function well after breaking and healing.

That's a major stumbling block.

There are major stumbling blocks there, and inflation, at the same, time is unfortunately so robust that it could be consistent with almost any observation we can make, and that is a problem.

The Kervaire problem was a major stumbling block in understanding multidimensional spaces, and its solution could have implications in equally exotic fields of physics such as string theory.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- As China pushes an aggressive expansion of nuclear power it is running into a major stumbling block - a breakdown of trust, post-Fukushima, in official assurances of public safety.

A mismanaged government and widespread corruption have been the major stumbling blocks in saving Kenya's famed wildlife, says Agi Kiss, principal ecologist at the World Bank's Africa Environment Group.