principal obstacle

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meaningsofprincipalandobstacle

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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obstacle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒb.stə.kəl/us
/ˈɑːb.stə.kəl/
something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, one-third of respondents identified infrastructure deficiencies as aprincipalobstacleto success in improving services to patients.
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Theprincipalobstacleto greater use of industrialised building is the need to organise the demand, not to supplement the supply.
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I do not believe that theprincipalobstacleis the length of the waiting list.
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Theprincipalobstacleto a treaty being concluded now is the absence of any effective verification procedures.
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Theprincipalobstaclewas the fact that no one was willing to pay the overtime of the janitors.
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Many schemes have been discussed, but it is not the stupidity or the recalcitrance of a few owners which is theprincipalobstacleto our schemes.
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If there is a problem, it is relevant to inquire why there is a problem, and what is theprincipalobstaclein the way of reform.
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Theprincipalobstacleis noise.
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Anuyoga-yana is associated with the feminine principle and is for those whoseprincipalobstacleis passion.
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Critical theory maintains that ideology is theprincipalobstacleto human liberation.
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It was theprincipalobstacleencountered by the missionaries in the rural places.
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However, low transmission capacity (560 megabits per second) of all the three systems designed mainly for voice communication became theprincipalobstaclethat hindered international expansion.
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The principal obstacles are above all political ones, concerning democratic guarantees, law and order, and minorities.
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One of the principal obstacles to investment is capital gains tax.
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One of the principal obstacles to the prompt issue of certificates is the necessity for them to be under the common seal of the company.
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We cannot afford the same thing with nanotechnology, to which the scaremongers in the fear industry are becoming the principal obstacles.
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What will be the principal obstacles to persuading representatives of other countries that the features of the scheme are as strong as possible?
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Adenauer has himself proposed more than once, and it is clear that among the principal obstacles to general disarmament he is not negligible.
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Road building constitutes one of the principal obstacles to the development of these areas, but these things could be done.
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Governments and aid agencies are often shy of interfering in the local political situation, but problems with institutional arrangements are often the principal obstacles to change.
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