"obstacle to finding" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe something that stands in the way of or creates difficulty in discovering something. For example, "The lack of sufficient resources created an obstacle to finding a solution."
Missing documentation was also the obstacle to finding the Wilsons eligible for shelter, Ms. Gibbs said.
On Wall Street, any indication that an employee was fired for cause is considered a big obstacle to finding work again in the industry.
In many ways, the mind-numbing ignorance of our "leaders" with regard to true poverty is the largest obstacle to finding actual solutions.
The room's thin mattress and rickety bed frame have exacerbated her back injuries, she said, providing both an incentive and an obstacle to finding a new job and an apartment.
A bigger obstacle to finding answers may be the patients, who have long been reluctant to participate in clinical trials, and their doctors, who tend to scorn such trials because they are already convinced that their chosen treatment is the best option.
A survey of college students conducted by the association earlier this year found that only slightly more than 10percentt of respondents ticked "don't know what I want to do" as their biggest obstacle to finding a job, compared with 22percentt in 2000.
There are layers and layers of both political and forensic obstacles to finding and identifying the missing.
"This latter risk also suggests that policies to stimulate demand should be accompanied by reinforced measures to overcome structural obstacles to finding work.
In recent days, defense officials have been talking of a drawn-out campaign, and of great obstacles to finding Mr. bin Laden.
JERUSALEM — Efforts to agree on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas intensified Tuesday, but the struggle to achieve even a brief pause in the fighting emphasized the obstacles to finding any lasting solution.
NEWS Efforts to agree on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas intensified Tuesday, but the struggle to achieve even a brief pause in the fighting emphasized the obstacles to finding a lasting solution.
