Sentence examples for hobble negotiations from inspiring English sources

Communication and consensus among geographically scattered heirs and executors eat up time and can hobble negotiations with the buyer.

Christine D. Costigan, named by Mr. Gaffney in March to head the real estate division, cautioned against changes that would hobble negotiations.

Republicans and White House officials fear that the currency issue is a "poison pill" designed to hobble trade negotiations in a way that would prove unacceptable to other countries negotiating the giant Pacific trade bill.

In Mr. Alter's view, the president's lack of experience in negotiations hobbled his efforts to cut deals with Republicans, much the way his paucity of earlier political experience "hampered him on management questions".

Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, said that Boehner hobbled bipartisan Senate negotiations on Tuesday by floating a plan that was immediately shot down by White House and Democrats.

The Republicans' effort to hobble President Obama's negotiations with Iran failed spectacularly.

Many of the reformers were left aghast by this, and further negotiations were hobbled by contentiousness.

If the damage to the World Cup wouldn't be as severe as some fear, even the threat of India's withdrawal would hobble the ICC's upcoming negotiations of the next round of TV rights.

Two factors were said by people close to the negotiations to have hobbled Exxon Mobil's vigorous campaign to be selected.

It is also one of the reasons behind the Philippines' recent decision to call for third-party arbitration of its territorial dispute with China, since, it contends, prior bilateral negotiations have been hobbled by the latter's claim to "inherent" and "indisputable" sovereignty over disputed territories -- backed by growing military and para-military patrols in the contested areas.

If the latest talks gain ground, Hamas may change its rejectionist tune.The Americans are not at present inclined to try dragging Hamas into the equation, arguing that it would only hobble current efforts to kick-start negotiations between Israel and the more amenable Palestinians.