Examples of hamstring

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Central government is hamstrung on the notion of secrecy, which is the major impediment to any meaningful development of accountability.
In practice, there is often a mixture, and injections into the hamstrings are technically easier and often work.
Possible clinical problems associated with the hamstrings have been discussed including the reported association between tight hamstrings and lower back pain.
The study will also encompass some of the clinical implications for passive insufficiency in the hamstrings.
Weakening hamstrings may block spasms, improve wheelchair posture, and sometimes help with walking.
The constitutional framework reflects and sustains that political culture by providing an almost paralysed political system that sets one branch against another and hamstrings those who aspire to lead.
The debate often hamstrung the physicians.
Disappointments such as these revealed that fear of electoral reprisal from racial conservatives hamstrung many politicians who might, in other vicinities, have been far more liberal on racial issues.
Although this strategy boosts the number of indicators available for analysis, it may hamstring efforts to identify latent taxa due to low measurement precision.
We are hamstrung by the annual ceilings, and the multiannual financial framework is of no use in crisis years.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
At the same time it is important that we do not hamstring the organisations so much that they lose their impetus.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There will be those present who will seek to hamstring the work of the international community to promote human rights.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There is no question of hamstringing student unions.
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