main problem
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandproblem
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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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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(Definition ofmainandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Since the nominal motion is not prescribed, themainproblemis the computation of the position error in the considered time instance.
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Themainproblemstressed there was the difference with regard to the kind of certainty ascribed to judgments in each field.
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Its efficiency derives from its ability to manage themainproblemwith these configurations, that of opportunism.
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Themainproblemis then the practical impossibility to compute all combinations for even relatively small corpora.
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Themainproblemhere is the absence of reliable measurements essential for the theory of plasma properties.
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Themainproblemwith duplication is its bad maintainability.
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Themainproblemwith this programme is that there is no commonly accepted notion of vector morphism.
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Global memory access seems to be themainproblem.
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Themainproblemin this approach is to rank the crisp proposals according to the consumer's fuzzy constraints and preferences.
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Themainproblemis the failure to fully account for the distribution of identical consonants.
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The secondmainproblemhas to do with the non-standard and inconsistent use of the proposed case features.
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Themainproblemfor this idea is to make plausible how and why the visual system would have internalized such principles.
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There was a significant difference in problem resolution for themainproblemidentified only.
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For local planters and entrepreneurs themainproblemthey faced was gaining sufficient labour at low wages.
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We asked respondents to tick all those that applied, underlining themainproblem(or problems if they identified more than one).
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We constructed a dichotomous variable for 'mainproblemagreement ' for each patient.
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Trademarks were of particular economic importance but also constituted themainproblem.
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Themainproblemconsists then of identifying a mechanical actuator which will represent these equivalent muscles.
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However, themainproblemof this approach is the mismatch between the declarative computation language and a library of imperative coordination constructs.
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