| The mission was struck by the complexity and intractability of the situation in Burundi, and its serious potential for large-scale violence. |
| The other frustrating part of it to me is the size and intractability of the bureaucracy. |
| For a family of paradoxes, with similar levels of intractability, have been discovered, which are not reflexive in this way. |
| The intractability of the conflict in the Middle East is a matter of deep concern to my delegation. |
| He was often accused of political intractability, lack of imperativeness and excessive slyness. |
| But the intractability of the problem does not absolve us of the responsibility to engage in its resolution. |
