Sentence examples for crippling problem from inspiring English sources

They explained that book discovery is a crippling problem for publishers (as data has shown).

But mayors long ago recognized teenage pregnancy as a crippling problem of poverty.

Gridlock is not yet a crippling problem in Guangzhou, or in many smaller cities across the country.

This is not an issue for mutuals with a healthy capitalisation, but it can become a crippling problem for those in need of new money.

United Nations officials call this a "lack of capacity" and say it could be a crippling problem for an independent southern Sudan.

Corruption is not a crippling problem here, as it is in neighboring Kenya, or in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria, two African nations blessed with staggering amounts of resources but suffering from the so-called resource curse.

But there are serious and possibly crippling problems with the idea that ending the war could help the cause of prosperity in any clear way.

During the last recession, in the early 1990's, the Fed had to cope with crippling problems among banks and savings and loan institutions.

Meanwhile, aboard Suhaili, sturdy Knox-Johnston performed underwater repairs, shot sharks, rigged up impossibly ingenious solutions to crippling problems and accidentally splashed battery acid in his eye.

There are serious and possibly crippling problems with the idea that ending this war could help the cause of prosperity in any clear way.

A10 The reformed Iraqi Ministry of Defense, a crucial element of any American plan to withdraw troops, is riddled with crippling problems that have raised concerns about its viability once it assumes full responsibility for the army, American and Iraqi commanders say.