potential difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialanddifficulty

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofpotentialanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anotherpotentialdifficultyis negative real yields for certain inflation baskets.
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It is easy to see thepotentialdifficultyassociated with the diffusion of natural resource management technologies.
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Within each set of processes, areas ofpotentialdifficultyfor children with language disorders are delineated.
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Roberts notes that such adjunction structures create apotentialdifficultyfor the c-command condition on trace binding he postulates.
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Thepotentialdifficultyin the landmark sparse condition could have been masked by the consistent rich to sparse order of presentation.
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The author acknowledges this as apotentialdifficultyand the blurred focus does lead to an uneven tone.
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Thepotentialdifficultyin accounting for this effect with a connectionist model concerns how age of acquisition might plausibly be represented.
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There is apotentialdifficultygiven this view.
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Once again, a regional technique should be the method of choice to avoid manipulation of the airway andpotentialdifficultyweaning the patient from controlled ventilation.
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Biological robots these sources alone to understand exactly how the tortoise produces each piece of 'animal-like' behaviour; this represents a severepotentialdifficultyin the scientific evaluation of the machines.
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As to the selection of headwords, three criteria were taken into account, namely 'frequency, complexity of valency structures andpotentialdifficultyfor the foreign learner' (p. xxxviii).
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Onepotentialdifficultywith this analysis is that there is less over time versus cross-sectional variation in levels of religiosity off of which one can identify.
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Meisel (1987) pointed out thepotentialdifficultyin separating the effects of level of proficiency from individual variation in studies of individuals and further argued for the necessity of quantification.
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There is apotentialdifficultyhere which affects my constituency.
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There is apotentialdifficultyin undertaking a community service order because of that drug problem.
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Nevertheless, there was sufficient evidence to convince us that it would be right to redraft the statutory instruments and avoid apotentialdifficulty.
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It is widely cast because of thepotentialdifficultyin determining exactly what is meant by assistance.
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But as it is at the moment there is apotentialdifficulty.
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That opens up two levels ofpotentialdifficulty.
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The amendment therefore avoids apotentialdifficultyfor such a relative.
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