The economic restructuring also served to create structural barriers to improvement for those with the least education and skills.

But one thing I have learned over 20 years is that it is easier to break down structural barriers than to change people's attitudes.

Most teens are constantly trying to create a structural barrier between their private life and their parents.

The structural barriers on this floor, however, are not part of the complaint.

Mr. Kaiser faces both structural and physical barriers that will be hard to overcome.

The third stage presents the most difficulty for contested bids, as they create very real technical and structural barriers.

One is a recognition on all sides that the Japanese market has certain structural barriers that need special attention.

It is fair for them to raise structural barriers that they may see here.

Thus, the cause of the value-action gap can be explained in terms of personal, social and structural barriers to action.

"The structural barriers of not having health insurance and culturally appropriate health care are still there."