Sentence examples for Obstruct development from inspiring English sources

Development can be altered by several factors which can either facilitate or obstruct development.

The latest contribution, a report* by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), argues that larger families and fast-growing populations obstruct development and perpetuate poverty by slowing growth and diverting consumption away from the poor.

Milito also criticized the Obama administration for using increased regulations on both onshore and offshore drilling operations to "impede and obstruct" development.

"Calls to streamline the ESA and to rely exclusively on FWS to identify and list species might mean that a significant number of species that deserve legal protection -- especially those that are politically unpopular because of the potential to obstruct development projects -- would be left out in the cold".

She had campaigned against destructive projects across the country and had been accused of obstructing development by irked politicians.

Plaid AM Llyr Gruffydd said: "At the moment the whole culture around planning in Wales is about blocking, is about obstructing development".

"This causes suffering and obstructs development".

This may also support a biological aetiology; immaturity of the uterus in very young women obstructs development of a term pregnancy and results in premature delivery, as does uterine dysfunction caused by ageing processes in women with advancing age.

"They don't like to support Yolngu business, they obstruct our development.

Microsoft was willing nevertheless to obstruct the development of Windows-compatible applications if they would be easy to port to other platforms and would thus diminish the applications barrier to entry.

It claims that Google is trying to obstruct its development by refusing to allow consumers to access its app via Google Play and has applied for an injunction against the American internet giant in the High Court in Britain.