1.   Its progress is therefore hampered.

2.   The lack of an appropriate animal model has hampered progress on the investigation of colonic motor activity.

3.   Another factor that has hampered progress in continental Europe is that governments have been reluctant to surrender their telecommunications monopolies.

4.   Besides depriving people of potentially useful information, the fear of discrimination can hamper scientific progress.

5.   A series of injuries hampered his progress, however, and it was not until three years later that he burst onto the world stage.

6.   But downpours in October and nearly three straight weeks of rain recently have hampered progress.

7.   Has damage to the left shoulder hampered his progress?

8.   Land mines hampered the progress of the French troops.

9.   Or if they forge a pro-government coalition, rivalries among personalities who have their own presidential aspirations could hamper progress.

10.   Paradoxically, progress has been hampered in some cases by programs that set aside a percentage of government contracts for minority-owned companies.