| impede effort | 4.02 | Rain is another problem impeding aid efforts. | ||
| impede progress | 3.82 | Storms at sea impeded our progress. | ||
| impede investigation | 2.70 | And that can impede investigations. | ||
| impede flow | 1.78 | Objects on the ground impede air flow. | ||
| impede growth | 1.58 | Inflation eventually impedes growth, he said. | ||
| impede ability | 1.12 | Their lack of recognition impedes their ability to trade with countries other than Turkey. | ||
| impede work | 1.12 | Reporters crowded narrow tunnels dug to pull out survivors, impeding rescue work. | ||
| impede development | 1.05 | The rampant corruption impedes development. | ||
| impede operation | 0.92 | Do not impede KFOR operations. | ||
| impede recovery | 0.92 | -- How greatly does depression impede recovery? | ||
| impede access | 0.79 | Access is further impeded by a lack of nearby roads. | ||
| impede movement | 0.79 | Violence would merely impede the movement, organizers said Friday. | ||
| impede traffic | 0.79 | Residents have dragged out concrete barriers to impede traffic on their streets. | ||
| impede investment | 0.53 | Anything that clouds consumer confidence or impedes business investment will just delay recovery. | ||
| impede negotiation | 0.46 | Clinton said U.S. sales of defensive weapons to Taiwan should not impede reunification negotiations between Beijing and Taipei. | ||
| impede research | 0.46 | Michael Mithoefer said the fact that Ecstasy is a hot commodity among some teen-agers should not impede research. | ||
| impede sale | 0.46 | Instead, it has leased maps from competitors, and still does, which could impede any sale. | ||
| impede advance | 0.39 | Those forces have impeded advances over the years by the opposition northern alliance. | ||
| impede inspection | 0.39 | Two weeks ago, Butler said Iraq was still hiding weapons and trying to impede inspections. | ||
| impede process | 0.39 | For decades, that process was impeded as much by outsiders as by Africans. |