institutional obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstitutionalandobstacle
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institutional
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən.əl/us/ˌɪn.stəˈtuː.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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obstacle
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒb.stə.kəl/us/ˈɑːb.stə.kəl/
something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made ...
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(Definition ofinstitutionalandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Should attitudes change or should it become clear that there is, after all, aninstitutionalobstacle to closer cooperation, then the time might be right to go further.
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No water rights exist for groundwater, so there are no major institutional obstacles, other than credit availability, to digging wells on one's own land.
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Institutional obstacles, mainly derived from weak intra-party structures, contributed to policy instability in several important ways.
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Under such conditions, an additional window may be required to provide these officials with the autonomy to overcome their institutional obstacles.
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Clearly, well-designed policy alone was unable to address the issue at the heart of the modernisation process, that is, the capacity to overcome institutional obstacles and implement reform.
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The vulnerability of collective action is usually exposed during reform implementation when business people are most tempted to push for special benefits and rely on institutional obstacles to block reform.
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There is no economic obstacles, as feasibility studies indicate that the development would be cost-effective, but there are institutional obstacles.
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An agreement was reached in the early hours of this morning which removes all remaining institutional obstacles to enlargement.
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I have always believed that traditional apprenticeships are costly and often hidebound by institutional obstacles, such as time-serving.
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It removes all remaining institutional obstacles.
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Institutional obstacles and resource shortages also plagued research institutes.
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