While New Guinea Force wished to pursue the Japanese, logistical difficulties precluded this.

The authority took the view that J's difficulties did not preclude him from following 'a normal mainstream curriculum suited to pupils of his age'.

These difficulties did not preclude all active service, however, from time to time, the Battalion was able to organize patrols and scouts.

Although the difficulty of the course precludes world-record pace performances, winners of the Honolulu Marathon have used it as a stepping stone to greater achievements.

Theoretically, certain types of sleep could be possible while flying, but technical difficulties preclude the recording of brain activity in birds while they are flying.

No technical difficulties preclude a daily oil output that could eventually be equal to a tenth of what is produced each day in the United States.

The north tower may have been intended to have a spire originally, but financial difficulties may have precluded adding it earlier.

The difficulties of the Great Depression precluded much further progress towards diesel locomotives.

But such difficulties should not preclude a solution to the egregiously wasteful practice of discarding valuable human resources.

India is right to say that the difficulties of Kashmir should not preclude an effort to ease tensions in other areas.