insurmountable barrier
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insurmountable
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.səˈmaʊn.tə.bəl/us/ˌɪn.sɚˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/
(especially of a problem or a difficulty) so great that it cannot be dealt ...
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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 ofinsurmountableandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, given observed expected returns to production, neither price risk nor risk aversion constitutes aninsurmountablebarrierto tree planting.
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A lack of religious conformity was not, therefore, aninsurmountablebarrierto grand jury service.
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Race, gender, and economics combine to sometimes form aninsurmountablebarrier.
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Results show that small holders are sensitive to risks associated with tree crops, but that price risk is not aninsurmountablebarrierto tree crop adoption.
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Indeed, it is notable that laws outlining aboriginal rights to land proceeded despite what might seem aninsurmountablebarrier: a general land codex had not yet been passed.
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That high level has created an almostinsurmountablebarrierto many of our exporters.
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What is more, although a fence does not provide a barrier to a young child, it will provide an almostinsurmountablebarrierto would-be rescuers.
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Experience shows that capital transfer tax is often a major andinsurmountablebarrierto the expansion of unquoted companies.
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I do not accept that this is aninsurmountablebarrier.
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Now that the hithertoinsurmountablebarrierof finance is to be removed from planning authorities, they will be better able to carry on than before.
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Fortunately, this does not pose any insurmountable barriers: each of the endogenous variables is affected directly by some, but not all, of the exogenous variables.
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Their dreams, as students, are not to overcome insurmountable barriers, but rather to climb social ladders that are open to them.
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There can be no insurmountable barriers in the way of smoothing out these rates.
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But those are not insurmountable barriers, as my reference to my two former colleagues testifies.
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It is not a matter of putting up insurmountable barriers but of letting some small, traditional activities continue, and that explains why there is, if you like, a certain discrimination.
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Inconsistent business hours, inaccessible catalogs, and poor research environments occasionally produce insurmountable barriers for researchers.
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