Sentence examples for encountered obstructions from inspiring English sources

In April, the month the rig exploded, workers encountered obstructions in the well.

The irony this time – or one of the ironies, at least – is that, according to local resident and blogger Chris Morris, when locals tried previously to use parts of the abandoned estate for vegetable growing and art shows, they encountered "obstruction" from the council.

The direction of axonal outgrowth was randomly chosen uniformly in the 3D space, and an axon grew in a straight line toward the given direction as growth direction of axons has a propensity to grow in approximately straight lines unless axons encounter obstructions or guidance cues (Sperry 1963 Easterr et al. 1985; Yamamoto et al. 2002).

I encountered no obstruction upon entry, however.

The construction workers were breaking ground for a new fire and police building when they encountered an obstruction in the dirt, The Denver Post reports.

The Dutch colorectal cancer group reported 11% of the preoperatively irradiated patients encountered SB obstruction in a 5-year follow-up [ 37].

Problems commonly encountered include obstruction of the femoral vein by the catheter, insertion difficulties, safety concerns when cannulating the subclavian vein in coagulopathy, and catheter and circuit occlusion due to disseminated intravascular coagulation.

As a result of obstructions encountered during pile driving, the span of the constructed arches actually varied from 15 to 34 feet (5 to 10 metres).

There were obstructions encountered in building the cofferdams, however, so that the arch spans eventually varied from 4.5 to 10.2 metres (15 to 34 feet).

In this experimental setup, all links are classified into four categories depending on the number of obstructions encountered.

That prompted Mr. Reid to note that even after agreeing to take up the tax issue before anything else, he was encountering Republican obstruction.