1.   Although the company hopes for approval this month, Mr Rozells pointed out that the government shutdown presents an obstacle.

2.   Even in the atonal phase, before he adopted serialism, he presented obstacles for his listeners.

3.   Serious differences continue to present obstacles to an agreement.

4.   At this stage no one can predict whether scrutiny by antitrust officials in the United States and Europe would present an obstacle.

5.   Afghanistan presents staggering obstacles to establishing a total number of civilian deaths, experts say.

6.   Building the camps has presented serious obstacles on their own.

7.   But Garcia said last week that he would not present gratuitous obstacles as the political opposition should Toledo win.

8.   But the high rates of tenure, the report says, present an obstacle to improvement.

9.   Every step presented obstacles.

10.   For some modern worshippers, the language barrier can present an obstacle to fully embracing a faith.