Sentence examples for has been encumbered from inspiring English sources
From the start, the project has been encumbered by political shortsightedness and inadequate financing, with the parks themselves constantly threatened by the encroachment of the world around them.
"For years, Palestinian reconciliation has been encumbered by claims from Fatah that Hamas's leadership is subject to an 'Iranian veto' and from Hamas that Fatah's leadership is subject to an American one," Mr. Thrall said.
From its introduction, cancer chemotherapy has been encumbered by its poor selectivity because most antineoplastic drugs are toxic also to fast-replicating cells of the blood compartment, skin cells, and gastrointestinal tract lining cells.
"[S]ystematic study over time of the effectiveness of the techniques would have been encumbered by a number of factors," the agency CIA told the Senate intelligence committee in June 2013.
As Western and Arab governments consider actions to stop the bloodshed — options that have been explored include more aggressive diplomacy, arming the rebels or military intervention — those discussions have been encumbered by a lack of cohesion among the Syrian opposition, evidence that some of the rebels may be affiliated with Al Qaeda and credible reports of sectarian killings.
Darwish was followed later by Frank J. Gaffney Jr., a former Defense Department official who has often publicly criticized Islam.In his testimony, Mr. Gaffney denounced Shariah law as a threat to the United States and said that American efforts to prevent future acts of terrorism had been encumbered "by what we consider to be politically correct blinders".
Whereas studies of mid-pregnant rats in space have been extraordinarily successful, studies of young rat litters launched at 9 days of postnatal age or earlier, have been encumbered with problems related to the design of in-flight caging and compromised maternal offspring interactions.
"It's certainly unfortunate that I've been encumbered by this situation," Wrona said.
Fail early, not later (at a later stage of development when extensive resources have been encumbered) is the engineering mantra.
[Selected examples of TAM expression in cultured cells are shown in Figure 1 figure supplement 2] This suggests that all prior analyses of TAM receptor activation have been encumbered by the expression of endogenous Tyro3 and/or Axl and/or Mer.
Some observational studies of influenza vaccine efficacy in preventing deaths have been encumbered by selection bias, raising controversies about the validity of the observational approach in assessing influenza vaccine effectiveness (24– 31).
