The phrase "in light of the obstacles" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means considering or taking into account the challenges or difficulties present. Example: "In light of the obstacles we faced, it was a significant achievement to complete the project on time." This sentence means that even though there were challenges or difficulties, the project was still completed on time.
As Eight Belles finished, admiration of her effort was unanimous particularly in light of the obstacles she faced.
He was involved in efforts to address various ills, but, in light of the obstacles (and in spite of his enthusiasm), he did not evince much hope.
The UN envoy, Staffan de Mistura, said there was "no sense" in holding the meeting in light of the obstacles to delivering aid.
Especially in light of the legal obstacles Mr. Marcoux would have had to overcome, experts said the settlement amount was very large.
In light of these obstacles to vaccination coverage, the strategy to improve vaccination coverage needs to be innovative as alluded to in the GVAP, well thought out and able to penetrate low-income households effectively.
Hefter says that one thing has kept him going in light of all the obstacles and the many people who told him that his vision could not work.
They somehow managed to negotiate their success in light of all the obstacles they had to endure in their time.
In the pre-9/11 era, if experts had generated a list of risks to our country — various terrorist attacks, hurricanes, contagious diseases and so on — they probably would have concluded that terrorists flying planes into skyscrapers and government buildings was unlikely, in light of the security and logistical obstacles the terrorists would have to overcome.
And the prestigious American Law Institute, which devised the framework for the modern system of capital punishment, recently abandoned the whole project "in light of the current intractable institutional and structural obstacles to ensuring a minimally adequate system for administering capital punishment".
Instead, the institute voted in October to disavow the structure it had created "in light of the current intractable institutional and structural obstacles to ensuring a minimally adequate system for administering capital punishment".
In outlining the reasons the administration struck a deal with Microsoft, Mr. Beck said that in light of the appeals court decision, the government faced significant legal obstacles for winning tougher sanctions and would probably have been unable to prevail.
