Sentence examples for make limited progress from inspiring English sources

The first day of military operations to oust the gunmen appeared to make limited progress, with recovery of the airport and a standoff in Slavyansk between an armored column of Ukrainian troops and the battened-down Russians inside government buildings surrounded by barbed wire and stacks of tires.

As Nicholas Watt reports, the elections saw Cameron loyalists make limited progress in dislodging some of the prime minister's critics from executive posts.

A left-wing government concerned about high deficits may only make limited progress in making inclusive liberal or social democratic ECEC reforms.

And so while Obama would love nothing more than to turn a tale of a saved city into a springboard for Democratic votes, he'll likely make limited progress this week.

These technical issues make limited progress in the field of mitochondrial fusion, thus making it virtually impossible to identify and dissect the unique stages of the reaction, experiments which are routinely performed in other membrane fusion systems [ 12].

We conclude that research in the 1990s made limited progress in expanding our understanding of accounting choice because of limitations in research design and a focus on replication rather than extension of current knowledge.

The authorities made limited progress in tracking down the perpetrators.

Sandra Calderon, a spokeswoman for Vons, said the two sides had made "limited progress".

On the broader question of reshaping Iraq's economy, the occupation made limited progress but left some of the most politically tough decisions to the Iraqis.

"We made limited progress on several things and ideas but no agreement was reached and there is no breakthrough at this moment," Mr. Netanyahu said.

Behind the scenes, negotiators made limited progress on some technical areas on citizens' rights and the Irish border, but neither budged on the big sticking point of money.