11.   Most analysts doubt, however, that such a deal can pass regulatory hurdles.

12.   Song had passed all hurdles to becoming an American citizen and was to have taken his oath last September.

13.   Sometime next year, Cell Genesys hopes to pass that hurdle and ask the FDA for permission to begin a Phase III test.

14.   The proposal had passed preliminary hurdles within two state agencies, and only when environmental groups loudly complained this month did the governor say he opposed the idea.

15.   The researchers all cautioned, though, that brain-machine interfaces must pass significant hurdles before they could be used medically.

16.   If it passes that hurdle, the motion must also pass through the Constitutional and Supreme Courts and then win passage in the upper house of parliament.

17.   The bill still faces a final debate in the lower house and a vote in the Senate, but it is expected to pass these hurdles.

18.   But it is expected to pass these hurdles with no difficulty.

19.   But it is expected to pass these hurdles with little difficulty.