knotty problem

collocation in English

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knotty
adjective
uk
/ˈnɒt.i/us
/ˈnɑː.t̬i/
informal
(of a problem or difficulty) complicated and difficult ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒb.ləm/us
/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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This is all tied up with theknottyproblemof consciousness, or awareness, that is currently taxing the minds of philosophers and neuroscientists.
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Perhaps, the answer to theknottyproblemof maintaining competency lies in a more holistic view.
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Although the election of 283 new division members26 resurrected the divisions, conflicting views about the nature and role of the divisions continued to pose aknottyproblem.
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The subject of cheaper communications raises an extremelyknottyproblem.
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Then we come to that further veryknottyproblem—the special requirement.
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But, before coming to that particularlyknottyproblem, it considered the testator's and executor's wishes.
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We must also consider theknottyproblemof editorial control.
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I think, with him, that milk is theknottyproblemthat will have to be solved some time.
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The next step we have to consider then is the solving of a somewhatknottyproblem.
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That brings me to theknottyproblemof tolls.
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Lastly, the mostknottyproblemto overcome is the reform of housing benefit.
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I put that on the record because it could conceivably add a solution to a somewhatknottyproblem.
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There are real difficulties in regard to thisknottyproblem.
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It seems that we are getting into one muddle after another over this veryknottyproblem.
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Our foreign policy must be modified considerably to obtain the maximum agreement among all the countries concerned in this veryknottyproblem.
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This is aknottyproblemfor the people concerned.
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In our office, if there is aknottyproblem, we always try it on in this way.
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If we leave a reallyknottyproblemlike that unsolved when the umpire walks off the field, we shall be just asking for trouble.
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This is aknottyproblemwhich must not be swept under the carpet.
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