Sentence examples for hamper the operation from inspiring English sources

Spencer was certain that "nature will be obeyed": ill-advised governments and other social institutions could hamper the operation of natural law — and thus stand in the way of inevitable progress — but they could do almost nothing to assist evolution and hence make things better.

The states where it was most abundant considered it a nuisance, chiefly because it built large nests or mounds, a foot or more high, which could hamper the operation of farm machinery, but only two listed it among the twenty most important insect pests, and these placed it near the bottom of the list.

In this example, we can see that transmission from one BSS can hamper the operation of neighbor BSSs.

A major oil spill or radiation contamination could have spillover effects and seriously hamper the operation and cause closure of seawater desalination plants, which are the lifeblood of most of the countries around the Persian Gulf.

It goes on to point out "unintended consequences" such as compromised security being compromised for bad actors as well as good, and also that any national attempt to hamper the operation of a global industry is foolish and bound to fail and, in failing, damage the reputation and economy of the U.S. (I'm paraphrasing).

Lack of money would also hamper the operation to rescue the Ross Sea party when this need arose in 1916.

Blocked screens, low/high downstream tidal waters and flows operating above/below the intended design limits can hamper the operations of a stormwater GPT.

As a result of these concerns, the military and intelligence establishment has taken steps since Spring 2009 to hamper the operations of the ISLAMABAD 00000416 002 OF 004 Embassy.

But some wonder whether this boon for developers and businesses will hamper the operations of New England's premier commercial port, which in 1999, according to port officials, transported $10 billion in goods through its newly dredged waterways.

The survey proved arduous; civil and foreign war so hampered the operation that it was not completed for six years.

The standing British Army has 103,000 soldiers, not including reserves or national guard troops, and army officers have argued that no more than several thousand could be cut without hampering the operation in Afghanistan, where about 10,000 British troops are deployed.