The first obstacle is cost.

Western education was an obstacle.

The destabilizing accumulation of and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons has proved a major obstacle to peace, to economic development and to efforts to rebuild war torn societies.

But it is not the only obstacle.

But Taiwan remained a huge, seemingly impossible obstacle.

But it was by no means the only obstacle.

The quality of Arab education is also an obstacle.

The one major obstacle to Italian unity remained Rome.

The ease with which small arms and light weapons are obtained is an obstacle to peace efforts and must be addressed systematically and comprehensively as part of the disarmament responsibilities of the United Nations system as a whole.

The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel s colonization of Palestine.

The only obstacle remaining to Palestinian leaders are the Americans.

The biggest obstacle until now has been the United States.

Borders shouldn t be an obstacle to their chance of safety.

Yet trade barriers were an obstacle to recovery and growth.

It poses, for example, no obstacle whatsoever to a criminal investigation.

MDR is the most important obstacle to controlling TB in Europe

Actions of transnational companies could sometimes be an obstacle to development.

But none of these proved a serious obstacle to China s long boom.

Opposition from the tobacco industry is an obvious obstacle to tobacco control.

But Obama s veto power is a big obstacle to reversing his policies.

Indeed, cost both to users and to ISPs is the second obstacle.

This emerging values gap is not an insurmountable obstacle to geostrategic rapprochement.

Therefore, they do not represent an obstacle to the division of labour.

This would remove the main obstacle to rebuilding a Palestinian national unity government.

Without a doubt, Israel will be a major obstacle to reaching an agreement.

Weak financial systems in emerging markets are a major obstacle to balanced development.

Kemalism always saw the Ottoman legacy as a burden, an obstacle to modernization.

The hydrogen on the neighboring carbon is no great obstacle to free rotation.

The hydrophobicity of these proteins is an obstacle to their import into mitochondria.

This obstacle has been highlighted at several recent awareness and capacity building activities.

To be sure, North Korea s regime is not the only obstacle to international engagement.

The main obstacle is that German politicians remain mired in a can t do mode.

The first obstacle to a phoenix miracle is that governments remain in austerity mode.

The goal is to avoid letting the tree fall on another tree or obstacle.

One participant noted that the political exception clause was an obstacle to international cooperation.

A major obstacle cited by many Governments of affected States is lack of resources.

It constituted a dangerous obstacle to economic and social development in the developing countries.

In fact, America s short term advantages pose the biggest obstacle to its long term outlook.

But under equipped hospitals may not be the greatest obstacle to controlling China's AIDS crisis.

None of the problems, however, should be seen as an unyielding obstacle to Turkish membership.

Europe appears poised to do more, while the US appears to be the main obstacle.

A major obstacle to higher consumer spending is the current condition of the housing market.

It is already clear that this divide could be an obstacle at the negotiating table.

Traditionally, an overwhelming obstacle for firms wishing to internationalize has been the issue of scale.

By diverting resources from development and increasing inequality, corruption becomes a major obstacle to development.