Sentence examples for up against obstacles from inspiring English sources

That means intervening when they run up against obstacles.

But he continued his quest to expand within the building, and kept coming up against obstacles that he now says are evidence of discrimination.

Even if it is allowed into Iraq, Unmovic will run up against obstacles at least as formidable as those that stymied Unscom.

"If you have worked in Iran for decades you get used to running up against obstacles and they become a source of energy and motivation," he said.

For years they had sought justice, including through Belgian courts; but they kept running up against obstacles and, at times, intimidation.

Transcripts of that conversation, leaked to the Greek paper Kathimerini, show Varoufakis explaining that the secret cell had decided to hack government tax records after they came up against obstacles.

But it comes up against several obstacles.

But ISIS comes up against big obstacles in Syria, as it has done in Iraq.

Institutions such as the British Council came up against impossible obstacles in Russia.

Its democratic transition has run up against tough obstacles, raising the question of whether such a tribal society can move toward a modern, democratic state.

Mr. Breeden said that during his months of work on the convention, he had run up against some obstacles that were surprising and others that he had expected.