Finance is another great barrier.

The horse balked at the jump.

Differences in indirect taxes such as VAT pose another way in which borders become obstacles to trade.

Oh, there's a barrier all right.

And everywhere I go the barrier is We want this, but we need it in our language.

In the event of a meltdown, the thick concrete pad is the only barrier between highly radioactive molten fuel and groundwater.

Thanks to the continuing low use of fertilisers and pesticides, many farms, although not officially classified as organic, are 'clean of chemicals' and could produce certified organic products without the need to wait years normally necessary to clean the soil.

But burdensome regulations are the biggest barrier.

True, there is more that we could do today, but do not, possibly because of cost.

Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Labor, November 1995.

Real and perceived safety concerns are quoted as the most important barrier preventing many people from choosing walking and cycling as means of transport.

The closed nature of Japanese society and the dearth of ideas are partly attributable to the linguistic barrier.

The town is protected by a barrier created by the spiritual sakura known as The Seven Pillars.

Not all stories make it to news headlines, and many remain hidden behind language barriers.

Palestinian households living behind the Barrier have depleted their coping strategies.

The days when geographic and political boundaries were a barrier between peoples are over.

President Barack Obama s administration is championing the virtues of trade but, in developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

The rest will live in semi enclaves , surrounded by the Barrier and connected to the rest of the West Bank by only one route, or in closed areas , between the barrier and the 1949 Armistice Line.

Although the participants are not professional storytellers, their commitment and their acting engage the audience and provoke laughter and emotion, as if the language was not a barrier anymore.

This past year I've been in Latin America, I've been in China, talking about the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery. And everywhere I go the barrier is

Segregated housing has led to huge shantytowns and settlements lacking sanitation and other basic conditions essential to a life with dignity.

Segregated schooling is a barrier to integration and produces prejudice and failure.

But our increasingly shortsighted financial markets stand between the two.

Out of this, 2529 kilometres of fencing was completed at the cost of by November 2007.

Today, the two species are principally separated by the Atrato river.

If the Channel has been such a barrier, durable bonds across the Atlantic seem implausible.

The attitudes amongst professionals limit the accessibility for women wanting to seek assistance for health problems.

But if this is the barrier to widespread use, efforts to lower costs should be pursued, for this is no excuse to deny women the benefits of screening.

Enduring hostility between India and Pakistan, the region s largest economies, remains the key barrier to such a breakthrough.

First, a majority of Japanese do not want to change Article 9, as opinion polls consistently show. Article 9 remains a cherished symbol of Japan's peaceful posture, and a barrier against possible re militarization.

The reaction of other Asian countries, especially China and South Korea, also creates limits on Constitutional revision.

Article 9 remains a cherished symbol of Japan's peaceful posture, and a barrier against possible re militarization.

Excited by the fact that Gladiator was in front, the mare had risen at the barrier a little too soon and had struck it with a hind hoof.

The filigree strip of earth has been both a fragile barrier and also a link between East and West.

In fact, if that's all that lies beyond this barrier, what purpose is there in risking lives to pierce it?

This fallacy is repeated so often by ignorant leaders in rich countries that it has become a major barrier to progress.

The qualifications of the three groups of teachers and trainers masters represented a significant barrier to the development of the vocational education system.

Following a sixth place in the qualifying race, Ricciardo was forced to retire on the first lap of the main race after hitting a wall at San Francisco.

Both understood that for centuries the English Channel has been a formidable geopolitical barrier to a durable sharing of interests between Britain and France.

Similarly, trademarks and servicemarks may represent a kind of entry barrier for a particular product or service if the market is dominated by one or a few well known names.

A 1 million UNFPA emergency relief programme supported an obstetric care needs assessment in the areas isolated by the barrier it involved the training of 195 health personnel and the procurement of 200 emergency kits to reduce the risks of maternal and infant mortality.

Approximately 157,800 acres lies between the barrier and the Green Line, affecting an estimated 93,200 Palestinians located in these areas.

Paperwork should not form a barrier between a good idea and the financing necessary to make it a reality.

In the 1980s, the stigmatization of people with the disease was an enormous barrier to even discussing or addressing it.

With minimal health risks compared to tobacco smoking, PNVs face only one real barrier to use smokers willingness to switch.