He first titled the work The Vanquished, in which form the left hand held a spear, but he removed the spear because it obstructed the torso from certain angles.
Many people with dreads do not use a dread wax or gel because they believe it obstructs the dreading process.
The tree on 15 was a signature on the hole because it obstructed a shot to the green if a golfer drove too far to the left.
For now, however, researchers are far away from that 'holy grail' of mind reading complex thoughts, or controlling drones with the brain; even interpreting basic EEG data is tricky because the human skull basically obstructs the signal.
The Senate, despite its power to say no to Commons legislation, rarely obstructs the Commons because the Senate is not itself an elected body.
The Los Angeles Film School, a relative newcomer to what was once a seedy pocket of Hollywood, has moved to prevent the market from renewing its permit because farm stands obstruct the driveway to its most convenient parking lot.
Mr. Morvillo responded, "I want the jury, if they buy into my argument that there was no intent to obstruct an S.E.C. proceeding, not to convict because they think, 'well, it doesn't make any difference because she had obstructed the F.B.I. or the U.S. Attorney's proceeding.' Since that is not charged".
Conversely, from the 'evangelist' point of view, demanding 'hard' proof of efficacy and safety before implementing every intervention is morally suspect because it can delay and obstruct the on-the-ground learning seen as being urgently needed to fix ineffective, inefficient and sometimes dangerous existing clinical practices.
She did not like the Venetians because they obstructed the contacts between the Zetan Orthodox Metropolitanate and the Patriarchate of Peć, cut off Orthodox monasteries around Lake Skadar from the incomes that they were legally entitled to, and engaged in an aggressive trading policy, which significantly reduced Zeta's earnings.
