Sieving your compost gets rid of any large lumps that might impede this process and makes it easy for the seedling to emerge above the surface of the compost.

Several breakwaters have been constructed along the north coast of the island to protect the beach and impede the process.

Periodical reorganization (e.g. rural townships acquiring city status, as in 1974 and 1978) did not impede the process.

Discontinuities in the flow of information between donors and recipient organizations, as well as the underdeveloped research capabilities of the organizations themselves impede the process of efficient social development.

Perhaps, too, the easy monetary conditions since 2008-09 have impeded the process of creative destruction, so inefficient companies remain in business and use scarce capital.