Our progress is hampered by windy conditions and by sticking to a big group, but the sight of an endangered Loggerhead turtle poking up from an underwater rock is enough to make the effort worthwhile.
Its progress was hampered by increased refurbishment costs.
At first, my progress was hampered by the astonishing, seductive scenery.
However, progress was hampered by an economic downturn in the early 1990s and by opposition from academics.
Rolando Aarons looked an outstanding prospect when he was introduced last year, but his progress was hampered by injury.
The defending champion's progress was hampered briefly just before the final set - not by his opponent, but by severe blisters on his right foot that needed treatment.
Other teachers said progress was hampered by the high turnover at the school, where one in three students leaves each year.
Having gay role models in football and the Premier League was incredibly important, Rivers said, but that progress was hampered by uncertainty over what the impact would be on income, marketing, PR and on the players themselves.
Mark Tilly, a lanky major in the Royal Engineers, the British equivalent of the Army Corps of Engineers, had been running the Basra refinery since March, together with some Iraqi managers, but his progress was hampered by a lack of equipment and raw materials.
At first its progress was hampered by light winds and the yachts' management team, Stormforce Coaching, sent the vessel an email on 6 May: "Go north, do not pass go, go north, do not collect £200, go north".
"Can you tell me how to differentiate 'hinder' and 'hamper'?" But the verb 'hamper' means something quite different! e.g. The rescue progress was hampered by the bad weather.
