Likewise, the power of the extremists among the conservatives was an obstacle to the development of a strong conservative party.
"Mao had an excessive belief in class struggle, and that became an obstacle to the development of productive forces," Mr. He said.
Flooding is a significant obstacle to the development of Bangladesh, which is home to two of the largest river systems in the world: the Brahmaputra and the Ganges.
For decades, Bryant Park was known as an enclave of unsavory characters and menacing panhandlers, making the park an obstacle to the development of Midtown Manhattan's office district.
In 1998 Bill Clinton was roundly criticized in the United States for suggesting that slavery might conceivably have been an obstacle to the development of a healthy relationship between the United States and the nations of Africa.
(Such constant change makes it hard to develop antiviral drugs that will remain effective for long, and it has also presented a significant obstacle to the development of an AIDS vaccine).
Difficulty in obtaining adequate power supply (a large proportion of the country is not linked to the main electricity grid) remained an obstacle to the development of manufacturing capabilities in the early 21st century.
The Ottoman Empire, which ruled Albania from the 15th to the early 20th century, prohibited publications in Albanian, an edict that became a serious obstacle to the development of literature in that language.
Regulatory issues pose a significant obstacle to the development of transgenics and their commercialization.
In the past, fullerenes suffered from high production costs which generated an obstacle to the development of fullerene-based applications, but the cost has rapidly declined [5].
The ERTMS system aims at remedying for the fragmentation of the European rail network, identified as a major obstacle to the development of international rail traffic [19].
