Moreover, emerging market countries representation in global governance did not keep pace with the increasingly significant role of their economies and currencies. These countries very success thus became an obstacle to policy coordination.

The one major obstacle to Italian unity remained Rome.

The first obstacle is cost.

Western education was an obstacle.

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

The only obstacle remaining to Palestinian leaders are the Americans.

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

Yet trade barriers were an obstacle to recovery and growth.

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

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 it is not the only obstacle.

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.

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

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

But Taiwan remained a huge, seemingly impossible obstacle.

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

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.

But it was by no means the only obstacle.

The quality of Arab education is also an obstacle.

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

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.

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

Turkey's human rights record continues to be a significant obstacle to future membership of the EU.

However, violence against women continued to be a major obstacle to the achievement of gender equality.

The biggest obstacle until now has been the United States.

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.

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

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.

Property restitution issues are an additional common obstacle to successful return of refugees and IDPs.

The White House s current occupant is a more formidable obstacle to reform, but change is coming.

Water stress is becoming a major obstacle to economic development in many parts of the world.