Sentence examples for difficult to get ahead from inspiring English sources

The police can react, but find it difficult to get ahead of the problem.

As with the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, the Karzai administration "finds it very difficult to get ahead of the curve, to see the need to transition," Mr. Weinbaum said.

So while there are certainly examples of the way people tried to take charge of their destiny, there are other family issues or social levelling processes that really make it difficult to get ahead.

But that's getting ahead of this story, though, in truth, given the pieces — a different man bleeding in Abigail's home, a live deer wandering in her hall, an enigmatic voice-over explaining her life — it's difficult to get ahead of anything here.

What this means is that even though they are making more money and are better qualified than before, for millions of young Asians, it is getting increasingly difficult to get ahead.

Over the span of their relationship, they found it difficult to get ahead financially in an economy that is crumpling under the weight of blockades, war, and poor governance.

As those markets have matured, as we've seen with others, entrepreneurs are having to solve more difficult problems to get ahead.

This condemned the subsequent generation, including Maria, her elder sisters and her brother, to a difficult struggle to get ahead in life.

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A growth in out-of-state residents attending public universities is crowding out poor and minority students and making it more difficult for people from those backgrounds to get ahead, a new report argues.

He's a difficult opponent, and I had to win some great points to get ahead.