It took me over a month to fight my way through all this bureaucratic obstruction, and I am not spending another hour on this benighted world.

Another preoccupation is building a small cottage outside Dresden, which he and Eva finally succeed in doing despite cash shortages and bureaucratic obstruction.

Mr. Qamar predicted that the government might have trouble completing all its planned sales this year because of what he described as bureaucratic obstruction.

Those who brought back some of the corpses were threatened with bureaucratic obstruction and lost ten days of work before having their ships restored to them.

At least one established foreign Protestant group reported that it had trouble registering due to bureaucratic obstruction.

He had a deep contempt for the bureaucratic mind and took particular delight in circumventing bureaucratic obstruction.

Singling out the city's concern about parking (one issue among many) makes it appear to be an example of bureaucratic obstruction.

Later Markham overcame bureaucratic obstruction to obtain the necessary export licences.

Stringer is angry that although he bribed Davis to assist his property development business, he is still facing bureaucratic obstructions.

But continuing bureaucratic obstruction and price gouging discouraged some Western businessmen from investing in China, where foreign investment dropped 48 percent last year.