Sentence examples for which works against from inspiring English sources

One of the issues in doing this is my age, which works against me.

Nadal's main strategy, which works against nearly every player on tour (especially against Roger Federer) is to use his forehand as a battering ram against his opponent's backhand.

"The current environment is hierarchical, stressful for the individual, driven by the fee-for-service payment system and humiliating, all of which works against improving patient safety".

Catherine Higham, a caseworker for Reprieve, which works against the death penalty worldwide, says her organisation documented 157 executions in the kingdom.

The international group Reprieve, which works against the death penalty worldwide, said two of the 47 inmates executed by the kingdom yesterday were teenagers when they were arrested.

At the same time, Ryan says, lime performs the impressive feat of sucking carbon dioxide out of  the atmosphere, which works against climate change.

There are loopholes in the legal system, which work against freedom of expression and individual freedoms.

The Chelsea that won on the final day of last season was filled with older players, with the team winning ugly — which worked against Bayern Munich, but that did not satisfy the paymaster.

But the obsession with overseas issues, which worked against Muslim lobbyists, will need to make way for all the mundane issues that really affect us like crime, transport, housing and schools.

But the prime minister had help from other quarters, in the form of a correspondence with his wife that might have helped rein in the "black dog" moods that often beset him, which worked against the optimism and resolve in his speeches.

The 500 years after the European arrival in Africa saw an increasing integration of Africa into the global economy, but often on terms which worked against Africa's interests: the slave trade through the end of the 19th century, then European colonial rule to the 1960s.