Sentence examples for chief barrier from inspiring English sources

To one, government is an essential enabler of opportunity; to the other, it is, invariably, "the chief barrier".

Another section focuses on why race, more than class or income, is still the chief barrier to housing integration.

Lack of entrepreneurial gumption is widely seen as a chief barrier to growth in Europe, especially at a time when many big companies are shedding jobs.

This wholesale contracting out of state schools to a huge number of different and highly disparate bodies is the prime cause of the current chaos and the chief barrier to effective oversight and support.

The chief barrier to open discussion of condom use "is not just its association with sex, but with 'dirty sex,' " said Michael Fox, an AIDS prevention worker for international health agencies.

In Europe, by contrast, a lack of entrepreneurial gumption is widely seen as a chief barrier to growth, especially at a time when many big companies are shedding jobs.

Experts say it is beginning to spread quickly into the broader population, and one of the chief barriers to prevention and treatment is the stigma that makes outcasts of those who carry the virus.

Cost is one of the chief barriers keeping sewage treatment plants from going for the gold, says Charles Bott, chief of research and development at the Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Virginia Beach, which serves 1.7 million people in southeastern Virginia.

Rafi blamed "Afghanistan's culture of impunity" among its leaders, reinforced by the population's "lack of political will" as the chief barriers to justice.

The U.S., in collaboration with a diverse group of international partners, can address our chief barriers -- inadequate political will and resources -- by forming a global taskforce with a mandate to take concrete actions that will see commitments through.

In such cases, the chief barriers to legalizing them are not construction or safety issues, but city codes that restrict how many apartments can be built there or how many parking spaces must be provided.