come up against a brick wall

But in that I came up against a brick wall.

They had come up against a brick wall and it hurt.

Any major change such as this still unfortunately comes up against a brick wall regarding policy.

On most occasions, having finally identified the agency, I have come up against a brick wall.

And what do you do when to come up against a brick wall?

The reason I kept coming up against a brick wall was because he had his name legally changed."

The European Union was right to try and do something, even though it came up against a brick wall.

I have attended their meetings two or three times and, on each occasion, I came up against a brick wall.

When you are at this age and you come up against a brick wall, you do sometimes feel like screaming with frustration.

'Perhaps she did, and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me.

No, he had not come up against a brick wall after all, Mick Boden decided.

Your former boss, Mr Lafontaine, came up against a brick wall in Europe with his ideas on this subject, did he not?

Too many students come up against a brick wall when they apply to administrations in the Member States to obtain validation, precious validation, of their qualifications.

It seemed to me that suddenly I had come up against a brick wall, that there was something on her mind which she could not or would not let out.

As ever smaller electronic devices are needed to improve the speed and power of computers, "the silicon industry is coming up against a brick wall," Dr. Zettl said.

Once again, the conclusions reached at a European summit, in this case at Seville, illustrate that work on Community integration continues to come up against a brick wall.

As a teacher I try to do what I can, but in a lot of cases you come up against a brick wall with a lot of racist graffiti on it!

Anyone who has an interest in the meaning of life will come up against a brick wall, but you must accept the fact that there will be no answers and try and get the best out of now."

While many people are asking questions - and William J. Grinker, the city's Social Services Commissioner, says he would like to answer them -they have come up against a brick wall that mandates silence.

The disposition towards education is something that is passed on from one generation to the next, and when parents see education as pointless, then we are coming up against a brick wall, as has been demonstrated in France.

When examining the budget of the other institutions, we sought to adopt a uniform line which, once again, came up against a brick wall on several highly significant amendments, such as the one to increase the Sakharov Prize appropriation.

This employment plan, which at least has the merit of existing, has come up against a brick wall on the reduction of working hours but it directs its essential efforts towards two priority sectors, and that is all the better.

We therefore perfectly understand the almost 500 people which tried to flee, at risk of their lives, and came up against a brick wall erected by a country such as Australia, a rich country which could have taken them in from the outset without any problem.

All the proposals for cooperation, for promoting openness, democratic transition and economic support have come up against a brick wall of intolerance, rejection and, what is worse, a response which, as has been said, affects dozens of members of the Cuban opposition, independent journalists and human rights activists.