practical difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalanddifficulty

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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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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 ofpracticalanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A morepracticaldifficultywith the application of seasonal long-memory models or seasonal fractional models is caused by estimating several d parameters.
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This highlights thepracticaldifficultyof breeding for drought-prone regions.
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Apracticaldifficultyin the later eighteenth century was the relatively poor quality of some early enclosure surveys and award maps.
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In addition, even if the claims of reason were somehow met, there is apracticaldifficulty.
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The mainpracticaldifficultyis to prove the stability result.
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Consider thepracticaldifficultyin using such a system for understanding child development.
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However, there is a substantialpracticaldifficulty: the computation rapidly runs out of space and grinds to a halt.
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But thispracticaldifficultywith applying the best-interest principle is not a good reason for rejecting it.
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Our main concern here is thepracticaldifficultyof developing codes utilising monad states, where it is often difficult for us to comprehend error messages and to locate errors.
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On the other hand, we are faced with thepracticaldifficultyof doing something now.
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The second reason is thepracticaldifficultyof creating separate groups within the category.
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There is a considerablepracticaldifficultywith regard to the position of the justice.
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I am alive to the importance of this matter, which is one of considerablepracticaldifficulty.
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Does he find anypracticaldifficultyabout it?
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Then there is apracticaldifficultyof the degree of dependency.
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I will point out presently a greatpracticaldifficultythat would arise from his proposal.
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I think that there is apracticaldifficultyrather than a difficulty of principle.
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It would seem to me that under a re-organised system there would be very littlepracticaldifficultyfrom their point of view.
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After all, the reason the extension is given at all is thepracticaldifficulty, to a large degree, of having the necessary work performed.
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Dairy farmers had a specialpracticaldifficultyof their own.
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