great barrier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandbarrier
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk/ˈbær.i.ər/us/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofgreatandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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By contrast, thegreatbarrierto this dynamic was the civil rights revolution, both directly and indirectly.
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Thegreatbarrierto educational progress is the dual system.
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This same negative quality is also thegreatbarrierto our progress.
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Does he further agree that age discrimination is agreatbarrierto many older people at work?
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It was regarded as agreatbarrierto employment.
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I shall not go into the argument about prescription charges, but many people feel that they form agreatbarrierto consulting.
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It is often felt that thegreatbarrierto reducing aircraft noise is that the country which does it unilaterally risks grave commercial consequences.
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One does not have to force oneself over agreatbarrierof logic in order to think that that is the case.
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The othergreatbarrieris prejudice, which in the case of prejudice against women, unlike racial or religious discrimination, is not sinister or malevolent.
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That has been found to be a verygreatbarrierto getting any improvement made to the river.
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The dual system may be necessary, but it is undoubtedly thegreatbarrierto educational progress.
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Onegreatbarrierto a revival in business confidence is the fact that it is almost impossible to put a value on much commercial property.
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They are, in effect, depriving their people of chocolate products because they have thisgreatbarrier.
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That was thought to be thegreatbarrierin those days —a barrier rotted by cowardice.
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But thegreatbarrieragainst co-operation has been removed.
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The development charge was the recognition of the fact that in the past thegreatbarrierto proper planning was its cost.
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It is apparent that commercial confidentiality is erected, and will continue to be erected, as agreatbarrieragainst public access to information.
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There has always been thisgreatbarrierfor a man who is unable to reconcile himself to a severe disability like emphysema and not receive compensation for it.
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Thegreatbarrierto a decimal system is that to change the value of the £ might be regarded by foreigners as devaluation and not just a change of system.
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There is a carefully devised situation where agreatbarrierhas been built to prevent people coming from the airports seeing these shanties and the hideous conditions.
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