great hardship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandhardship
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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hardship
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈhɑːd.ʃɪp/us/ˈhɑːrd.ʃɪp/
(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example ...
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(Definition ofgreatandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A large part of the population had to facegreathardshipat some phases of their lifecycles.
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Simultaneously, the stoppage of public work causedgreathardshipfor casual labourers.
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Imagine an egalitarian community at a fairly low level of economic development whose members, though not experiencinggreathardshipor absolute poverty, have a simple life style.
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On the whole the results of that have been good, but undoubtedly at the time it causedgreathardshipand terrible suffering.
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Therefore, this measure in its crude form would be disastrous to agriculture, and would inflictgreathardshipupon many people.
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That concerns divorced and separated persons who are living under conditions ofgreathardshipwhich we all understand.
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That is unique and has understandably causedgreathardshipand suffering.
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I cannot see anygreathardshipin that.
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I refuse to agree that only cases ofgreathardshipcan be brought under this new clause.
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I think that the shortage of petrol and a rationing system producesgreathardship.
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In a case where the wife was entirely innocent, that resulted, of course, ingreathardship.
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They have causedgreathardshipto many people in my constituency.
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If the miners and their families were sufferinggreathardship, one would see that they might feel compelled to take this kind of action.
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I know that it has been said that there isgreathardshipat a time of strike because the workers do not receive strike money.
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In cases where there is a scarcity of houses that is agreathardship.
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The forced sale of an agricultural property inflictsgreathardshipand has the effect of depressing agriculture permanently over a wide area.
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There is another point which is not actually involved here, but in regard to whichgreathardshipis created.
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I know from wide experience thatgreathardshipis involved in these cases on account of the lack of security of tenure.
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That is a serious position which may result, and does result, ingreathardship.
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It is agreathardshipon the farmers who have been turned out practically without any compensation whatsoever.
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