Sentence examples for pose a substantial obstacle from inspiring English sources

Our results and observations of lamprey migration behavior confirm that pool and weir fishways and design features common to other fishways types can pose a substantial obstacle to Pacific Lamprey migration.

Given the high level of satisfaction with the interpreters that were assigned to such missions, language did not appear to pose a substantial obstacle to STMMs that had translators available.

The Bush administration brief maintains that the district court applied "overly rigid standards" that "gutted" the Supreme Court's earlier holdings that abortion restrictions were constitutional unless they posed a "substantial obstacle" to an abortion.

A state law that restricts private health insurance coverage for abortions will go to trial to resolve whether it poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking to end pregnancies, a federal judge ruled Monday.

"This poses a substantial obstacle for business in China, especially when considered alongside the concerns over I.P.R. enforcement and de facto technology transfer requirements," the chamber said, referring to weak enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The Texas law, Breyer wrote, "provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an 'undue burden' on their constitutional right to do so".

The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer, gave great weight to this and other findings by Yeakel -- methodically concluding that the law "provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an undue burden on their constitutional right to do so".

Culberson doesn't expect those protests to pose a significant obstacle.

Regulatory issues pose a significant obstacle to the development of transgenics and their commercialization.

In light of this, why worry that outsiders pose a substantial threat?

Infrabony defects in the alveolus pose a substantial treatment complication for restorative dentists.