Sentence examples for momentum in the face of from inspiring English sources

For much of the summer, President Bashar al-Assad's government seemed to lose momentum in the face of protests that brought out hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in Syria's fourth and fifth-largest cities, Hama and Deir al-Zour.

"With global financial markets continuing to undergo extreme volatility, we will have to wait to see if the manufacturing sector can build some momentum in the face of weakening demand from emerging markets, not to mention negative headwinds from China," he said.

With the final regulatory hurdle cleared, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq said their $24 billion deal continued to gain momentum in the face of a bitter proxy fight waged by Walter B. Hewlett, an heir of the company's co-founder, William R. Hewlett.

"The Scottish economy is struggling to maintain growth momentum in the face of the global slowdown.

Mr Morris added that he believed the generous figures in public polls for Labour gave it "momentum in the face of a hostile media.

We perceive that they are haunted by the fear of donor fatigue and a loss of momentum in the face of recognized challenges.

The challenge – for Systrom and Zuckerberg alike – will be to keep this creative momentum going in the face of such riches.

A month later the SEC proposed limiting or eliminating the exemption, but momentum stalled in the face of opposition from banks and exchanges.The anti-short lobby, emboldened by the July ban, is again pushing for an end to the market-makers' exemption.

But rather than trying to land one big project or employer, in the 1990s Perry embraced a development strategy based on adding recreation, lodging, education and clean energy to its traditional strength in livestock agriculture, and it has been steadily picking up momentum even in the face of the severe national recession.

Tim Clark, a spokesman for Mr. Harmer, said the issue had lost momentum for local Democrats in the face of controversy over the Obama plan.

In the same way, you are today blessed with the enormous power to create positive momentum at the face of the most horrendous world events.