Sentence examples for obstructive role from inspiring English sources

But nerves and impatience seemed to play an equally obstructive role.

But even if the United States and NATO retaliate without United Nations approval, Mr. Shen said, the Chinese government is not likely to play the kind of angry, obstructive role it did in the Kosovo conflict.

But, in recent weeks, as the major powers haggled over a resolution that would enforce the deal, it seemed as if Russia might revert to a more familiar, obstructive role by shielding President Bashar al-Assad of Syria from punishment if he fails to comply.

Eight interviewees pointed out the dominant, powerful and sometimes even obstructive role of the health insurers during the negotiations with the care groups.

Some studies have shown through experiments that figural microcirculation elements of blood and fibrin play an obstructive role and that endothelium and astrocyte end-feet are swollen in ischemic cases [ 13].

Besides the financial reason, no family member's accompaniment, transportation, and remote distance to health facilities, also played obstructive roles in the accessibility of non-users when they needed.

Extracellular adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) causes neurogenic bronchoconstriction, inflammation, and coughs, and may play a mechanistic role in obstructive airway diseases.

A number of studies have suggested that uPAR may play a role in obstructive lung disease.

It can be assumed that bile salt retention and altered cholesterol metabolism play central roles in obstructive jaundice.

Therefore, we studied TLR2 expression in human and murine progressive renal diseases and explored its role by inducing obstructive nephropathy in TLR2−/− or TLR2+/+ mice.

Since the discovery of alpha-1 antitrypsin in the early 1960s, several new genes have been suggested to play a role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathogenesis.