perennial problem

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perennial
adjective
uk
/pəˈren.i.əl/us
/pəˈren.i.əl/
lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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This collaboration helps overcome theperennialproblemof "re-inventing the wheel", which is still all too prevalent in cancer services.
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The essays begin with a head-on confrontation with theperennialproblemof the nature of 'the urban'.
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Aperennialproblemfor the neurodevelopmental hypothesis is the adolescent or early adult onset of the disorder.
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Any serious treatment of the composer's life becomes perforce a demonstration of a crucial,perennialproblemof historical method.
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Aperennialproblemfor the analyst is how to textualise a non-textual multimedia product.
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Aperennialproblemin gendered participation in music: what's happening to the boys?
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This is aperennialproblemin electroacoustic music.
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Aperennialproblemin dealing with parish records is that of infant registration.
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This was aperennialproblembut one which became acute in the mid 19th century.
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While this handbook makes a significant overall contribution to the musical development literature, some contributions are inevitably stronger than others - aperennialproblemwith edited books.
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That is theperennialproblemwhich we face, because of mounting overheads and so on.
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Ourperennialproblemis the allocation of the money we have for road improvement to wherever it will do the most good.
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In reforming the criminal justice system, however, we shall undoubtedly encounter theperennialproblem of balancing the citizen's rights against enhanced powers for the state.
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We are making a successful attempt to solve theperennialproblemof reconciling liberty with order.
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It was aperennialproblem, but at least we were all working as a team.
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That is aperennialproblemand not one created by the previous government.
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It has always seemed to me that there is oneperennialproblemrunning through the whole business of local government.
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There is also theperennialproblemof project management.
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Ourperennialproblemis that money flows indirectly into the coffers of the central authorities.
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