11.   That deadline will be extended to October if the only remaining obstacles to the merger are regulatory approvals, Porter said.

12.   The biggest remaining obstacle for the biologists is the replacement of lead in bullets and shot with a less toxic metal.

13.   The FCC approval is the last remaining obstacle to completing the merger.

14.   The major remaining obstacle to timely delivery involves problems with a Brazilian company called Mafersa, with which Morrison Knudsen subcontracts for car shells, he said.

15.   The last remaining obstacle Thursday night was the fate of the guns inside the church.

16.   The Palestinians said the remaining obstacles were financial and technical, not political.

17.   The only remaining obstacle is the House, where a similar measure is attached to a water resources bill that is bogged down in unrelated partisan disputes.

18.   The remaining obstacles have been the major holy sites and the status of the Old City.

19.   They expect to overcome remaining obstacles in the development of optical lenses for the superlaser.

20.   With the technological problem solved, the only remaining obstacles are political.