Sentence examples for and contending with the from inspiring English sources

"We're going after leads and contending with the big agencies," Mr. Harrell said.

Mr. Sanders, now 65, has three primary financial concerns: understanding the labyrinthine benefits process, managing the cash flow from his disability checks and contending with the rising cost of home insurance in Florida.

Channel 4 said Damned would be based around the lives of two jaded social workers, played by Brand and Davies "swimming against a tide of bureaucracy and pedantry, and contending with the absurdities and irrationalities of life in a county council office".

There is also a focus on curriculum change at all levels as early years teachers grapple with the new foundation stage, primary teachers have faced more changes to the literacy framework, and secondary teachers are trying to find a new flexibility at key stage three and contending with the advent of the 14 to 19 diplomas.

Shot over the course of seven years, it follows four groups of children who live the lives of adults: trading explosives, trafficking opium, and contending with the constant presence of foreign soldiers.

He and President Medvedev's bodyguards, said one of the staff, would sleep in the open on the balconies and contend with the mosquitoes.

But I wasn't really ready to be thrown in that situation where I had to hit great shots and contend with the best in the world".

It falls to Otilia to wheedle, bribe and contend with the grotesque demands of the leather-jacketed abortionist who creepily calls himself Mr. B?, and to provide what comfort she can to her hapless friend.

It tells the story of twentieth-century Portugal through the eyes of several generations of the Mau Tempo (bad weather) family as they live through the upheavals of history and contend with the land from which they make their living.

A series of postembryonic developmental events is involved to form the final architecture and contend with the changing environment.

He has not needed to manipulate China's Taiwan policy to serve his political ambitions and contend with the competition.