1.   As already noted, the attempt was a qualified success and encountered serious obstacles.

2.   As with other orchestras, including the San Diego Symphony, expansion produced serious financial obstacles.

3.   Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.

4.   I re-emphasise that the policy of settlements in the occupied territories is a serious obstacle to a peace settlement.

5.   In the province of Vercelli the shortage of labour therefore remained a serious obstacle to agricultural development.

6.   Obstacles and Inertia Despite all the assets just outlined, the rejuvenated university has had to face serious obstacles.

7.   The cognitive obstacles in the way of police investigations Detectives who seek to establish what happened come up against serious cognitive obstacles.

8.   The lack of money is a serious obstacle that could prevent the project from succeeding.

9.   The lack of sharp focus in this field is a serious obstacle to comparison of analyses and to proper explanation.

10.   The only serious potential obstacle to the plan foreseen at the time was litigation by employer and union groups.