Sentence examples for harming their ability from inspiring English sources

"The structural bias keeping tech companies from attracting and retaining top female talent is harming their ability to innovate and compete," said Natasha Lamb, director of equity research and shareholder engagement at Arjuna Capital.

However, activists who had worked with Resisters said the counterprotest they planned against a far-right rally was legitimate — and that Facebook was harming their ability to combat the rise of white supremacy.

Among those polled who had heard of the law, only small percentages, ranging from 13 percent to 17 percent, said the law is hurting the quality of care they receive, lengthening the time it takes to get a doctor's appointment or harming their ability to pay medical bills.

The investors also said that they felt they had little or no control over their retirement or investment assets, with large majorities citing a dearth of national leadership, wild volatility on Wall Street and the "confrontational political stalemate in the nation's capital" as "major factors" harming their ability to ensure their nest eggs grow.

It had peeling lead paint, and the children were poisoned by the toxic material, harming their ability to focus and contributing to their poor school performance, according to testimony in a 2008 lawsuit brought by the family and settled by a former landlord.

Researchers have been looking for ways to reduce the amount of lignin in trees and plants without harming their ability to grow.

The police chiefs of Austin and San Antonio testified that S.B. 4 would harm their ability to work with immigrant communities.

Farmers, however, have expressed concern that the blanket ban will harm their ability to remain competitive with European rivals.

British businesses are understandably concerned about whether exiting the EU will harm their ability to sell goods to European markets.

Israeli farmers have complained that security measures applied against Palestinians' movement in and out of the West Bank have badly harmed their ability to harvest olives this year.

Gannon said the GP rebate freeze threatened the viability of some general practices and harmed their ability to continue bulk-billing needy patients.