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The England full-back has spent just short of a year on the sidelines having seen numerous comebacks hampered by injury.

'The inability to have complete information greatly hampered the function of those central banks, ' he said.

The Bloomsbury Group in London six decades ago was not much hampered by its lack of a temporal history.

On Sundays he was a man of misty views, rather given to postponing, and hampered by his best clothes and umbrella.

It reported BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers said the deal's completion was hampered by a proposed new Australian tax on mining profits.

Recovery prospects are being hampered by the fact that the "authorities are not providing a solution, " he said.

Mr Bolton has been criticised for his gruff manner, which some suggest has hampered him in his goal of internal reform at the UN.

An NFL-commissioned study of rates of dementia among ex-players compared to the general population also was hampered by data-quality issues.

China's emergence, as symbolised by the Olympics, will otherwise continue to be hampered by the instability in its own backyard.

But his efforts to impose his will on Repsol have been hampered by a bylaw that limits the voting rights of any single shareholder to 10%.

The research, carried out on mice, suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease.

The job of overhauling public finances is often hampered by politics.

Police were also hampered by the fact that Kostric was on private property at the time, a church near the public meeting.

Scientists who study social networks have long been hampered by one thing: their subjects are not always reliable reporters.

At the interface between the two bodies the heat transfer is hampered by the so- called contact resistance .

The report said the pipeline agency was hampered by a chronic inspector shortage.

It has just nine seats in the 480-seat lower house, and is hampered by an electoral system that penalises minor parties.

Fire ladders were unable to reach the upper half of the building, and rescue helicopters were hampered by smoke.

Rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather, treacherous mountain terrain and thousands of aftershocks , some of them quite severe.

Yet the government's efforts so far have been hampered as much by incompetence and political cowardice as a shortage of funds.

All this has exempted her from the lasting public disdain for politicians that has hampered her opponents, including poor Mr Duhalde.

Kyrgyz is increasingly used for instruction; the transition from Russian to Kyrgyz has been hampered by lack of textbooks.

Yet experts caution that nature's contributions to the recovery effort might be hampered by long-term environmental abuse.

The overall effects are hampered economic development, weakened democratic institutions and a growing culture of impunity.

Until then, she said, schools will be hampered by the need to invest simultaneously in books and bits.

Ginobili has been hampered by an injured finger and a sprained ankle.

strong winds, toxic fumes and a lack of working sprinklers hampered efforts to extinguish the fire.

The 69-year-old repairman said he was hampered by illiteracy, which meant he could not read a driving manual.

For better or worse, we kids aren't hampered as much when it comes to thinking about reasons why not to do things.

My start was not very good and I lost a couple of positions, and then traffic hampered my progress during the first half of the race.

Prevention and treatment have been hampered by cost, the rise of drug-resistant malarial parasites, and the lack of a vaccine.

Ricardo Fernandes, hampered by a slight injury, comes on for the last ten minutes and twice nearly creates the winner.

Rescuers said the high concentration of coal mine tunnel Nei Wasi hampered rescue work carried out, the trapped miners alive are slim.

At the initial stage of its development, China's venture investment business is hampered by the defects in the withdrawal mechanism.

These hampered his last stint in power, from 1998 to 2002, and seem to have worsened since then.

However, the global downturn of the last few years has seriously hampered national infrastructure projects.

Rescue efforts have been hampered by the disruption of electricity and telecommunication lines, which have thrown Padang into darkness.

Obama's public approval ratings and hampered candidates from his Democratic Party.

Chances of a stronger renminbi are hampered by Beijing's refusal to do anything that can be interpreted as doing another's bidding.

The study says Japanese companies have been hampered by an insular corporate culture, which fails to reward and promote local talent.

Study of HCV replication within liver cells, or hepatocytes, has been hampered by a lack of adequate virus culture systems.

China is seen as a major potential market for online music and video but legitimate suppliers have been hampered by rampant piracy.

The Communist Party's anti-corruption commission said any action that hampered progress or wasted supplies would be swiftly dealt with.

Unfortunately, post-financial crisis growth is likely to continue to be hampered by huge debt burdens.

But growth could be hampered by the fact that content is in short supply.

The establishment of an in vitro culture system has been hampered by the requirement of reticulocytes for invasion of the parasite.

However, a lack of experience with such vehicles hampered the finishing of a plausible design - even on paper!

Lack of reliable statistics and unpronounceable names of diseases have all hampered efforts to bring them out of the shadows.

Hampered by illness and poverty, he devoted himself to poetry and to music, becoming a flautist in a Baltimore orchestra.

Exploration of the cavity was hampered, however, by fears that it might collapse and damage the foundations of the surrounding ruins.

Any potential progress was also hampered by constant squabbles with his former Orange ally, then Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Although the human sense of smell is keen, it is hampered by a lack of precision.

Hampered in their global aspirations by a lack of managerial talent, Chinese companies seem poised to recruit worldwide to fill the void.

The slowdown in shipping along the Yangtze has caused economic distress for some businesses and hampered critical industries.

However, current procurement practices are hampered by fragmentation, long subcontract chains and vague performance requirements.

However so far, our operations have not been hampered by any specific incident, " said Guiliano. "

But he was also a student athlete, and his dancing career was hampered by a football injury.

The overindebtedness of the American people and government, which has hampered the restoration of credit.

But the adverse selection and the moral hazard due to the asymmetric information have hampered the supply of the agriculture insurance.

Soybean is an important cash crop and its productivity is significantly hampered by salt stress.

But practical applications are hampered by the huge theoretical obstacles that would-be neuromarketers still need to overcome.

"Previous studies have been hampered by a lack of quality data for the Arctic, " Screen said.

However, the clinical application of the third-generation adenovirus vectors is hampered by the existence of helper contamination a. . .

Water and power supplies were cut off in the town. Communication facilities were also damaged, which hampered the rescue efforts.

Food producers, hampered by land restrictions, archaic retail networks and bad infrastructure, fail to meet extra demand from consumers.

None of this has hampered innovation or hurt small companies.

One always feels that the average police detective must be hampered by lack of imagination.

He constantly sought simple explanation for complex phenomena without being hampered by the misconceptions of other people.

On a practical level, it has hampered the IIMs in their efforts to become world-class business schools.

On Monday, Mr. Fukuda expressed frustration that his efforts to pursue important policies were repeatedly hampered by the opposition.

But projects have also been hampered by lack of skilled personnel willing to come to Liberia to work, Palsson says.

Fernando's season needs to kickstart, he's been hampered a bit by injuries and what happened at the World Cup.

And in many ways he fulfilled that promise, despite being hampered by a weak economy and an often unco-operative city council.

A search for survivors Saturday was hampered by the narrow area in the waterway where the collision occurred, the paper said.

American firms have been kept going by foreign sales during a period in which domestic spending has been somewhat hampered.

But a lack of investment and political instability has hampered its development.

They no longer have time to rehearse major assault operations, and their training for counter-insurgency is hampered by equipment shortages.

Community Correction pilot'is hampered by delayed institutional transformation and has ambiguous prospect currently.

Their earlier attempts to carry out the mission from helicopters were hampered by bad weather.

Much of the water missed its target, however, and the effort was hampered by high radiation levels and technical difficulties.

These investigations, however, are hampered by the lack of appropriate exposure assessments.

However, the slow emergence of high-resolution structures for these proteins has hampered the intelligent design of transporter substrates.

The public health care and medical and surgical training are hampered by a lack of funds, as are most things in the country.

An attempt to rescue the men has been hampered by bad weather.

still hampered by extensive controls on economic activity, including onerous labour laws; and still dominated by a large public sector.

Wherever the excess radiation came from, and that is not clear, it has hampered ongoing efforts to hook up power supplies to the plant.

He's also as hampered as everyone else in the cast, needless to say, by the script.

The Democratic Party is hampered by poor leadership and a confused message.

As polio shows, technology can be hampered by political, religious and societal obstacles in the countries where he's spending his money.

Even if everything he did was appropriate, it has hampered his legitimacy to lead.

Salvage work was hampered yesterday by the swampy surrounds, and work to repair the track was expected to continue today.

Although WebGL has significant momentum, its prospects are significantly hampered by Microsoft's lack of enthusiasm.

First, the effectiveness of risk management may be hampered by the time difference.

Yet the civilian law enforcers remain under trained, ill-equipped and hampered by a massive inferiority complex.

Relief efforts have already been hampered by flooded roads and washed out bridges, as well as damaged utilities.

Mr Rooney, however, is hampered by the characteristic English vices of insubordination and petulance.

Already, the absence of road links between Gwadar and the rest of Baluchistan has hampered commercial activity.

The result was a discontinuity in human resources that hampered the industry's growth as business improved.

However the paucity of research on the marine life in the area has hampered attempts to document the damage.

Efforts to stabilise Afghanistan were hampered by a disputed presidential election.

The persecution by the Internet vigilantes "seriously hampered my normal life, " said Wang, quoted by Xinhua.

The scheme could yield enormous economic benefits and aid biodiversity conservation, but it is hampered by bureaucratic hurdles.

Still others point to the housing bust, which has hampered American homeowners' ability to move to where new jobs are being created.

Long-distance bus travel in North China was hampered by the weather, but the nation's rail system was operating normally, reports said.

That will help ensure that central bank interest-rate decisions aren't hampered by other extraordinary actions banks have taken.

Growth of the Islamic fund industry has been hampered by a limited product range and distribution channels.

The harsh conditions and lack of infrastructure have hampered habitation and development for centuries.

But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations.

Germany's fight against corruption is hampered by lack of resources, decentralisation and the absence ofa corporate criminal law.

South Korea is facing a kimchi shortage because poor growing weather has hampered its cabbage crop. Cabbage is a key ingredient in kimchi.

Attenuated vaccine showed perfect prevention for MPS, however, the inoculation route hampered the spread of vaccine.

Wang said global economic recovery is being hampered by weak demand, while world markets have excessive liquidity and are turbulent.

If your use of our tool is hampered by something that could be improved upon or appears defective, the developers welcome your input.

Unfortunately, considering each so-called solution in isolation has hampered both analysis and decision-making.

The work could be hampered by aftershocks and storms that are forecast for the area.

Long-distance bus travel has also been severely hampered by icy roads and overwhelmed by the huge numbers of passengers.

More than anything, the historians say, the founders were hampered by the culture of their time.

However, the later policy of restraining commerce and the stringent ban on shipping greatly hampered commercial development.

Europe's thaw has been hampered by the view that its recovery will lag behind the rest of the world's.

But sustainable development is hampered owing to recognition scale restricted and sea areas contaminated.

Driving rain had hampered the night's search in what correspondents are now referring to as a ghost city.

Forestry officials say the firefighters' work was hampered by the lack of satellite imagery.

The search for vaccines has been hampered by fears that healthy tissue would be destroyed along with tumours.

He was keen to join the university team but was hampered by a poor record in his studies.

She tried to run, but was hampered by her heavy suitcase.

These studies have been hampered by a lack of station data in certain areas.

Nightfall, severed communications, and blocked roads have hampered rescue efforts.

Political quarrels hampered guerrilla warfare, and we soon found ourselves in a complicated and disagreeable situation.

Our progress was hampered (=hindered, interfered with, obstructed) by the bad weather.

First, if you are single, you've been hampered by having Saturn, the ruler of your fifth house of true love, retrograde since December 31.

Whereas Western companies are hampered by legacy systems and legacy mindsets, they can build their companies around the coming technology.

Three helicopters tried to rescueresidents from above, but flames and thick black smoke hampered the efforts, Xinhua said.

Groups that investigate government misbehaviour say their efforts are now being hampered by English libel law.

Could insulin production be hampered by glyphosate build-up and contribute to diabetes?

Thanks to the country's mountainous terrain, landslides hampered transportation and rescue efforts.

Management processes in such companies are also hampered by the time it takes to recognize that change is needed.

The PS3 has also been hampered by its higher price and a lack of must-have game titles.

Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by collapsed and blocked highways and roads.

But the high price of optical modulator has seriously hampered the promotion of optical communications and applications.

The interim government is urging the police to return to work saying their absence has hampered efforts to restore order to the streets.

and credit less recoveries typically display sub-par economic growth as credit intermediation is hampered.

The opposition is hampered by the blockage of internet access and text-messaging facilities.

The results from earlier studies were hampered, however, by limited data about phytoestrogen content in food.

A suit and an overcoat hampered the efforts of the accident victim to swim to safety.

Growth of free markets, both promoted and hampered by autocracy, has done little to effect political reform in the Gulf states.

Some writers have suggested that Egypt's strident rhetoric has hampered the spirit of co-operation between Nile states.

Many times delayed or canceled passenger trains, road traffic hampered traffic accident rates rise.

And mounting radiation levels hampered workers' ability to enter the plant, gauge the damage and contain the crisis.

But the government said operations had been hampered by heavy rains, which eased only today, and infrastructure damage.

however, its efforts will be hampered if the yen remains strong, denting exporters' competitiveness.

The exploitation of natural resources WAS hampered by the lack of technicians.

But relief efforts were hampered by destroyed roads and bridges, waterlogged airports and other disrupted lines of communication.

That weight work is almost certainly one reason why Kobe's career isn't hampered by strains, sprains and pulls (and why MJ's wasn't).

Governor Manchin and mine safety official Kevin Stricklin said rescue operations also were hampered by the damage caused by the explosion.

Demand for cattle suitable for grazing was very good in regions that have been hampered with cool weather.

Rescue efforts have been hampered by poor communication lines and bad roads.

Saha, whose season has been hampered by a thigh injury, made the claim after United were linked with Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o.

The country's booming economy is hampered by a serious shortfall in electrical generation.

There are voices saying that Chinese economic development will be hampered if the country does not invest heavily in naval power.

The rebels' Transitional National Council and the military are both hampered by ethnic and tribal divisions.

Both machinery and transport have been hampered by fuel shortages.

On the power plant's grounds, radiation readings spiked to levels that hampered the recovery efforts.

But interest groups with vested financial interests have hampered attempts at such change.

That rule badly hampered family planning groups working abroad to prevent infant and maternal deaths before President Obama lifted it.

Previously this has been hampered by high export tariffs, which have discouraged investment in innovation.

She was hampered by ill health in building up her business.

That has hampered the ability to shift production offshore in response to the yen's surge to a 15-year high.

The IAEA's ability to be more definitive is hampered by limited access to the evidence.

Recognize your reasoning power is significantly hampered.

Meteorologists are forecasting a small break in the bad weather that has hampered aid efforts .

Second, none of the S3 bloc is hampered by fiscal risks or weak growth.

Net outflows of clients' cash slowed, but still hampered the Swiss bank's efforts to recover from huge losses.

Coalmining operations in the Australian state were severely hampered.

Recently, the shrimp aquaculture industry has been seriously hampered by shrimp viral diseases.

However, developing such drugs has been hampered by lack of detailed understanding of how the Cdc25s fit with their associated kinases.

18 pm local time, Rio de Janeiro mountains again be storms, heavy rains hampered the work of relief and continue the search.

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Thailand's economic growth for the year will be badly hampered if matters prolong.

It's just not worth it to have a high-performance team hampered by a poor workstation setup.

The development of Iran's gas industry has been hampered by years of sanctions which have deterred foreign investors.

Efforts to control drug-resistant forms are hampered by deep divisions in health-care systems.

Mr James notes that when Creditanstalt went under in 1931, political tensions hampered international co-operation.

This slowdown has hampered the growth of SMEs and impacted overall growth and development.

Their drive for the championship was hampered by players' injuries.

In this culture, communication is so often hampered because we don't know how to express ourselves, whether it be verbal or written.

The 22-year-old is regarded as one of Europe's upcoming talents, however his development has been hampered in recent times by injury.

Most fundamentally, China's ability to manage future problems will be hampered by its political system.

Nearly 100 rescuers were onsite but their work was hampered by the fire, CCTV said.

The government ordered the evacuation of residents nearest the plant as efforts to keep it cool after it was shut were initially hampered.

As a result, debate about chief executives' compensation among analysts and the public was hampered by guesswork.

But on the other side of the coin, factors that hampered growth are loosening up.

Tracking is being hampered somewhat by occasional heavy rainfall.

Heavy clothing hampered the movements of the climbers.

France and Italy have struggled harder, and are hampered by large fiscal deficits of their own.

Gale-force winds have hampered the efforts of the firefighters.

An excessive "public support test" that hampered eligibility will be scrapped.

Indeed, even before a single vote was cast, the polls were hampered by a host of roadblocks.

The relief effort is being hampered by logistical problems, including the ability to reach many of the victims.

The bank later restored $20, 000 in credit. But Yi said she is being hampered in developing a new product line.

An unspecified commercial shoot also was hampered by the blaze.

The hose was heavy, and we were wearing heavy protective gear that hampered our physical movements.

For years business in Africa has been hampered by poor transport links between countries and regions.

Mr. Arnold was hampered by a difficulty. He didn't have his useful tools on hand expect a hammer made by hand.

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

Access to health centres is hampered by the damage caused to roads and other infrastructure.

Until now, traditional medicine's entry into global markets has been hampered by a lack of consensus in how to measure its efficacy.

When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.

6, Management processes in such companies are hampered by the time it takes to recognise that change is needed.

But even car sales, hampered by supply shortages of the fuel-sipping compact models Americans now suddenly want, fell by 7. 4%.

Walton's right ankle - the one which carries bone spurs and has been sprained twice this season - has hampered his movement at times.

But relief efforts were hampered by destroyed roadsand bridges, water logged airports and other disrupted lines of communication.

Now you are free to deal appropriately with the thought without being hampered by body tension.

Your academic record, hampered by a police record.

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And unlike existing fingerprinting devices, the SLI system isn't hampered by oily skin or a dry environment.

We are hampered by the political and socioeconomic situation.

Export industries are hampered by a lack of ports.

OPEC production cuts will be hampered by disagreement and fail to stem the slide, it added.

It says its humanitarian efforts are being hampered by lack of funds.

The oil services company has been hampered by a ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

A second huge tremor in the area hampered rescue efforts.

Too much security, and regular users are hampered.

Access was hampered as landslides washed out roads and bridges.

And you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny.

However, its ambitious program to restructure the Soviet educational system is hampered by low funding and loss of teachers.

Bad weather hampered the Allied air and supply operations.

The work in the office was hampered by a constant stream of visitors.

The low density of the gas hampered many attempts to detect it in the past.

But scientists say culturomics has been hampered by a lack of quantitative data.

Even the handicapped were not hampered from a roll on the dance floor.

Injury has hampered his contribution but his frustration has been clear.

This is the trouble - no longer hampered by a decline in fossil fuels, we are limited by climate change.

Because of reliability problems in natural-based solutions has greatly hampered the rapid growth of the market.

Wind firms' worries echo those in the solar-power business, which is also booming but where a shortage of polysilicon has hampered growth.

They must be operated by people, which increases their cost and they are hampered by severe weather.

These experiments open up new ways to benefit the WSSV-hampered shrimp farming industry.

Buffer pool tests in our test case were hampered somewhat by the larger inboxes.

Why not just flatten the deck and fit the catapult and not be hampered?

It will be tough work, hampered by decades of haziness over where boundaries lie.

The French military is helping in the search operation, which is being hampered by strong winds and high seas.

Our progress was hampered by the bad weather.

The fragility of cuprates, which as ceramics are quite brittle, has long hampered applications such as superconducting power lines.

Hydroelectric power, at 22 percent, is a distant second and has been hampered by droughts this year.

Rescue work was hampered by the heavy rain.

The country could still be hampered by power shortages.

And secrecy has hampered the government's ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.

This hampered its ability to start new projects.

Reforms after 1991 were hampered by economic upheavals and the emigration of about 1m young Russians to the west.

These issues will be seriously hampered if not addressed the development of Internet banking application and popularization.

The development of an electric-vehicle market has been hampered by a chicken-and-egg problem.