Sentences with phrase «very uphill battle»

It was a fascinating idea, but a very uphill battle, and I don't think it's going to work out.

Mike Leavitt, an Annapolis - based Republican consultant who helped guide Hogan's successful campaign, said winning again «will be a very uphill battle» in a state where voters are registered Democrat, 2 - 1.

Last fall when I was a first - time candidate in Westmoreland, even though I was running a very uphill battle, he came out to support me the night before the election, and every time I go to support him (like in the St. Patrick's Day parade) he asks about our town.

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It seems like Mueller's team would have been very careful about crafting that search warrant, so that will be an uphill battle.»

«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.

It's his passivity about the very real lack of women in tech and the undeniable uphill battles faced by foreign entrepreneurs that ought to make people mad, not his ineloquent delivery.

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.

It's still very much an uphill battle, but even the minuscule time period of the last 100 years has seen dramatic changes in society's acceptance of more «modest» antisocial behaviors (racism, bigotry, bullying etc.) What is now coined «Political Correctness» is really just the fine - tuning of previously - accepted social norms.

You play it back, and if an already dominant and gifted Jones really was on the gear, and I think it's very probable he was dirty for both fights (levels were out there for first fight), then it was just a major uphill battle all the way around for DC.

When you can't get key defensive stops and come out with so many key gaffes, you take very winnable games and turn them into uphill battles.

And while it's an uphill battle facing a heavily entrenched foe, outreach efforts will give Staten Island and Brooklyn voters — both old and new — food for thought the next time they go to the polls: ranging from alleged campaign finance fraud; to Grimm's threatening of a reporter with physical violence; to his latest federal fraud and tax charges, he is quite a colorful character with a very colorful history just begging to be lampooned.

Albanese acknowledges the very uphill primary battle but claims that he has a path to victory.

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.

Another one of Smith's attorneys, Gerald Shargel, said Smith faced an uphill battle in his quest to remain free: «Bail pending appeal is a very difficult hurdle.»

It's been a very long, uphill battle.

His smooth online conversation skills don't translate into face - to - face contact and you realize very quickly that the evening is going to be an uphill battle.

Mockingjay Part 1 has an uphill battle to fight, as by its very nature it exists purely as a cash grab designed to set up the final installment and get a good $ 400M in domestic box office at the same time.

has an uphill battle to fight, as by its very nature it exists purely as a cash grab designed to set up the final installment and get a good $ 400M in domestic box office at the same time.

«This is a very important win, but it's still an uphill battle,» said Michael Edwards, a lobbyist for the National Education Association.

The measure is still in the signature - gathering stage but faces an uphill battle if it makes the ballot, as a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that only 37 percent of voters view extending Prop 30 as «very important.»

If Americans do not make systematic efforts to address how to get parents back into the schools, he warns, they will likely face an uphill battle with some very unpleasant long - term consequences for the country.

Even the absolute, very best war books face an uphill battle when put up against capes and cowls.

From the very beginning, Barnes & Noble has faced an uphill battle with its Nook devices.

You need to crunch your numbers, including the fact that traditionally published books sell very well in places other than Amazon and in formats other than ebooks, while self - published genre fiction still faces the same (or worse) uphill battle that it always did.

Identity fraud is a very real threat, and victims of identity theft find themselves fighting an uphill battle when it comes to fixing their credit, and sorting out other related problems.

Hinting at what an uphill battle such policies face, Holzman pointed out that cats «are very popular,» and «currently represent 87.3 percent of all Internet content.»

Your uphill battle with weight loss, lack of energy and forming health conditions could all very well be linked to your diet and what you're unknowingly putting into your body.

Nexon doesn't have the best reputation in the west so from the very beginning they were fighting an uphill battle with LawBreakers.

Related to that, late last year our very own Logan Decker sat down with Tim (and Double Fine's mysterious millionaire / heroic partner, Steven Dengler) to talk about the uphill battle involved in simply porting games like Costume Quest and Psychonauts.

After a very strong Sony E3 2011, if Nintendo wants to win this E3, they have a large uphill battle to deal with.

Until recently, however, that felt very much like an uphill battle.

Plaintiff - friendly judges seem to dominate both jurisdictions in which defendants face uphill battles from their very first motions.

You may be the very best at what you do, but unfortunately, if there's no demand for it, you will have a large uphill battle that may not prove to be worth your time.