practical barrier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpracticalandbarrier
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practical
adjective
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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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 ofpracticalandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Apracticalbarrierwas seen in the unwillingness of the elderly to participate, but other respondents noted the opposite.
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Unfortunately, the theist faces an importantpracticalbarrierto discharging that obligation.
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When that happens, there will then be nopracticalbarrierto a start to decommissioning.
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Researchers can help by exposing the detailed, practical barriers to positive change.
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Throughout these discussions were specific references to what participants perceived as overt, practical barriers to disinvestment.
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It is not necessary to take a stand on this issue one way or another, however, to appreciate the practical barriers to studying organismic phenomena within a mechanistic framework.
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This paper demonstrates that although there are conditions that will encourage participation in evaluative research in primary care, there are also significant practical barriers to overcome.
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We have the evidence; the precedents are there; the practical barriers can be surmounted.
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The commission also discovered that people face personal and practical barriers to empowerment.
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Although there is probably no barrier in law to such a step, there are substantial practical barriers.
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Promoting the mobility of young people requires practical barriers to be overcome.
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The top priority is a market in which there are no fiscal, technical or practical barriers.
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This design helps to overcome some of the practical barriers to designing high-power, high-efficiency power tubes.
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The programmer subculture of hackers sees secondary circumvention of security mechanisms as legitimate if it is done to get practical barriers out of the way for doing actual work.
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