Sentence examples for obstructive by from inspiring English sources

That attitude was regarded as obstructive by management, who have been busy dismantling the ancien regime.

The value t reactive corresponds to the execution time, which is considered very obstructive by the COSARA user.

In this 'proof of concept' study we were primarily interested in the rate of lung function decline in subjects identified as obstructive by the fixed 0.70 FEV1/FVcutpointnt but as non-obstructive by an age and gender specific LLN cutpoint for this ratio (the discordant or 'LLN-Fixed+' category).

LLN will by definition allow for a 1/20 false positive rate, and this study clearly illustrates that among healthy subjects, those identified as obstructive by the LLN criterion in particular are those with high FVC values.

In addition to weakening the hand of our government, court ordered release cannot help but encourage dilatory and obstructive tactics by aliens who, emboldened by the court's new rule, have good reason not to cooperate by making their own repatriation or transfer seem foreseeable.

There is also reason to worry whether he would enforce laws that insure access to abortion clinics by limiting violent or obstructive demonstrations by abortion opponents.

The formidable task now awaiting both activists and policymakers is to translate the principles into practice, a significant challenge in the face of obstructive efforts by the insurance industry and by cheerleaders of market-based reform.

Notably hampered by lack of professional staff and obstructive behavior by existing employees, Rivière kept careful records of the several audits that had to be done, 1966-1968.

A recent study by Alam et al. among 137 patients without obstructive CAD by CCTA showed EAT to be associated with impaired CFR as determined by Rb PET even after adjustment for traditional risk factors and coronary calcifications [ 9].

The present study was designed to (a) assess directly oxidative stress in the blood of patients with obstructive jaundice by measuring superoxide radical, and (b) investigate ex vivo whether xanthine oxidase (XO) is the source of this radical.

The tumour causes obstructive hydrocephalus by exerting localised mass effect and compression of the quadrigeminal plate and cerebral aqueduct.