Sentence examples for been able to surmount from inspiring English sources

With their tiny memberships, neither of these parties has been able to surmount the 5 percent barrier in national elections.

The lonely but enduring Lenny has best been able to surmount the awful trauma of their childhood, mostly just by keeping busy.

The United States has never been able to surmount the political sensitivities in the region to obtain permanent basing rights for Central Command there.

In particular, institutional shareholders have been able to surmount the collective action problems that limit the influence of individual shareholders (or collections thereof).

Kelechi was diagnosed with polio when she was just over 1 year old, and three decades after that diagnosis she tells me how she's been able to surmount the challenges life has brought her way to bag a degree, pursue and develop her talents, and keep her smile on.

Lately he feels the American masses will be able to surmount the automation crisis.

Despite its size, the Comcast deal should be able to surmount regulatory problems.

Most years, New York is able to surmount the news cycle's seasonal lull, thanks to the city's singular amalgam of ambition, clannish rivalries and creaking infrastructure.

"But there is no clear historical evidence that fish such as Atlantic salmon or shad were able to surmount the natural barrier posed by the falls".

"And only time will tell whether we're able to surmount the technological challenges fast enough to meet the schedule that's been laid out," Mr. Bacon said.

The problem of individually designing some 3,000 symbols, some of them of incredible complexity, is not one that many designers are able to surmount in a lifetime.