Sentences with phrase «uphill battle at»

The provisions of reg 39 are quite complicated but, suffice it to say, the defendant had an uphill battle at the renewal hearing because the judge, Mr Justice Morris, appreciated that the defendant had given no consideration to reg 39 when taking the decision which is under challenge.

Despite the star power of the female led movie, Ocean's Eight faces an uphill battle at the box office.

Not exact matches

«The AIC experience has left a very bad taste with a lot of people, and I think it's even more of an uphill battle than it would be for a startup, to rebuild that confidence, if it can be done at all.

Describing Valve's new product, which is now entering beta testing, as a «latent threat,» Piers Harding - Rolls, analyst at IHS Screen Digest, says that for all its accomplishments Valve faces an uphill battle.

For startups not located at this epicenter of emerging companies, it might seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn't have to be.

When looking at Uber's nearly 6,000 U.S. employees, Uber faces an uphill battle trying to diversify a homogeneous workplace, where people of color tend to hold the jobs at the lowest rungs and are shut out of more lucrative and respected jobs in technology or leadership.

But it appears that he is looking at an uphill battle.

Even when there is a female investor at the table, female entrepreneurs still often face an uphill battle.

«Amendments to the bill face an uphill battle, says John Coffee Jr., a professor at Columbia University Law School who testified in favor of bananas yesterday, «but they sometimes win.»

You need to laser focus your efforts on getting the right message in front of the right people at exactly the right time — an uphill battle on the best of days, to say nothing of how tricky things can become if you're on a budget.

As the sales team grows and is now going to be 100 % enabled with a license and they are expecting close to 100 % adoption it would be an uphill battle to replace [competitor](at least for now).

NO2XIf Breaking Bitcoin in Paris can be considered at all representative of SegWit2x's community support — which, it should be noted, is not necessarily the case — the proposal will face an uphill battle to be widely accepted in November.Indeed, some signatories of the agreement are not so sure about the hard fork anymore: Bitwala and F2Pool have publicly backed out of the agreement.

They've still got an uphill battle to make sure that they meet the very stringent environmental conditions put forward in their partnership with the Squamish First Nation, but the proponents have respectfully engaged with First Nations, will provide job training and good, family - supporting jobs to local people, and will proceed in a way that minimizes climate changing emissions at the plant.

Chase Utley was the most notable, but for the most part, it's an uphill battle for kids who weren't athletic enough to wrest control of the shortstop position at Iona College.

He certainly looks to have a huge uphill battle if he is to succeed at the Bernabeu, and could be willing to leave the club in search of regular action, with Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Kovacic and Dani Ceballos ahead of him in the pecking order.

«The players are showing so much inconsistency that I face an uphill battle trying to get them to play at their best week in, week out.

West Ham all but ensured their Premier League safety and left Sunderland facing an uphill battle to avoid the drop with a 2 - 1 win at the Stadium of Light.

Since switching to the 3 -4-2-1 formation, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain has been favoured to star at right wing - back, and has impressed in the new system, and with the new lay - out looking likely to stay, Bellerin may have an uphill battle to win his place back.

At even - par after day one — nine shots behind Day's 18 - hole lead — Spieth faced an uphill battle to climb into contention in his first start since his Masters meltdown.

Arsenal vs Manchester United English Premier League Sunday, 7th May, 2017 Kickoff, 16:00 BST Emirates Stadium Arsenal face an uphill battle yet again in the English Premier League when they take on Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

With as little experience as Marquette had on offense coming into the season, it was going to be an uphill battle for that at - large bid.

Arsène Wenger's side go into Wednesday's match at the Nou Camp facing an uphill battle to reach the Champions League quarter - finals, after losing 2 - 0 in the first leg.

Arsenal face an uphill battle yet again in the English Premier League when they take on Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

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.

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Leaving your house at this time may prove an uphill battle for you and for your Twins.

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.

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 have an uphill battle trying to convince mothers that formula is not only expensive, but coming at the expense of their families» health,» she says.

Realising that every single day is an uphill battle through the fog of grief, but that hope still exists — or at least, the hope that hope still exists.

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.

There is a small group of parents who are trying to change the ways of food service at our school, but it seems to be an uphill battle.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has hired yet another veteran of John Faso's 2006 campaign as he continues his uphill battle to land sufficient support to get onto the ballot at the GOP state convention.

Unless Survation are right and the other firms are wrong, Ukip face a severe uphill battle to win any list seats at all.»

Gibson, who now teaches at Williams College, said he knows the gubernatorial race is an uphill battle, given Cuomo's $ 30 million war chest and the state's more than two - to - one Democratic enrollment edge.

Wright scoffed at that suggestion, again noting that all state lawmakers are up for re-election themselves this year, and so anyone who challenges Rangel would have to (again) put it on the line in an uphill battle against a political legend — no matter how scandal - scarred he may be.

Lorigo told me and Nick Reisman at CPAC last month that the door remained open to Grisanti, but also made clear it would be an uphill battle for him to win the local party's endorsement.

Still, a look at the city's electorate highlights an uphill battle for Malliotakis.

(CNN)-- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the annual California Republicans convention Saturday as the party faces an uphill battle in a state that has turned more and more blue.

«We knew we were facing an uphill battle all along but we're really proud of the effort that we made and as close as we came considering that our opponent had five times the cash and also the tenor of the campaign and things that were leveled at me I think did make a difference here,» said Barnhart.

But given the $ 14 million in campaign cash Cuomo has on hand and his seemingly never - ending well of popularity, any Republican would face an uphill battle it would seem, at least more than two years away from the election.

It's still very much an uphill battle for McCarthy, but it should be noted that there was barely a quorum at last month's full board.

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.»

This optimism contrasted with Maloney's claims on Wednesday that getting reimbursement at a later date would be «uphill battle.»

«I'm sure, at a minimum, it's going to be an uphill battle and the frustrating part is here we have a government entity perhaps engaging in a lawsuit against another government agency and it's really sad,» he said.

Long, who has an uphill battle running against the incumbent, has raised $ 336,976, including a $ 2,500 donation from an employee at the Houston - based developer Hines.

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.

«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.»

If you are struggling with addiction and know you are at a place that you want to move forward and want to «get better», you probably already know that it's one tough uphill battle.

With the uphill battle we face in so many areas of nutrition and public policy, all of us must be united in delivering this hopeful message that change is possible, one diet and one healthy, repopulated gut at a time.