Sentence examples for has long hampered from inspiring English sources

A shortage of troops and equipment has long hampered the three-year British deployment in Helmand, all but barring a major attempt such as Operation Panchai Palang to install a permanent troop presence in such a hostile area.

The alliance, which runs the Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District, is trying to break an impasse that has long hampered redevelopment of the low-rise patch between Hanover Square and Broad Street into what could be a beguiling enclave, a mix of sober counting houses from the early 19th century and fanciful evocations of the Dutch Renaissance and Tudor England.

Unfortunately, lackluster accuracy has long hampered this kind of technology.

Balkanization of that data, according to the executive, "has long hampered [the nation's] ability to deliver efficient, high-quality care".

The right-privilege distinction, as it appeared in an early statement by Justice Holmes, has long hampered individuals within the public sector in protecting themselves against arbitrary governmental action.

Road banditry has long hampered transport along the eastern and western borders, and since 2005, the problem has intensified in the east as the Central African Republic has further destabilised.

And the same democracy and human rights concerns that have long hampered the relationship remain.

Restrictive practices that had long hampered industrial performance were swept away.

The splitting of the rightwing vote, with disgruntled Tories defecting to Ukip, had long hampered Conservative leaders but coalition turned a festering problem into an urgent one.

She undertook the war in order to settle once and for all this question, which had long hampered her foreign policy.

Their foreign backers, whose fractious relations have long hampered the effectiveness of their support, now appear to be better co-ordinated.