major barrier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandbarrier
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajorandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The price of patented medicines is amajorbarrierto the realization of the human right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits, including innovations in essential medicines.
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That will help to erode amajorbarrierin the disabled person's fight for acceptance right from the start.
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I know from my constituency's experience that that has acted as amajorbarrierto schools in coalfield areas in bidding for specialist school status.
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That is highly topical because amajorbarrierto increasing participation is the system for funding students.
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Long-term unemployment is amajorbarrierto re-employment.
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This is a cause of deep suffering and amajorbarrierto development.
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That is amajorbarrierto contract energy management in the public sector.
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Risk and uncertainty is amajorbarrierfacing many farmers, particularly the poor, in adopting conservation agriculture.
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In such a framework, "uncertainty" is perceived to be amajorbarrierto achieving a stable, rational economic order.
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Statistical significance comparisons are only made betweenmajorbarriercategories, not between sub-headings.
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This is amajorbarrierthat would have to be overcome in order to greatly increase sales of local agricultural products.
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Such significant levels of military spending create amajorbarrierto growth in social expenditure.
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Patients' compliance with the recommended treatment remained as amajorbarrier.
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Furthermore, the fundamental dilemma between individual patient and population interests has been identified as amajorbarrierto the adoption of clinical guidelines (4).
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However, even for those that do generate higher long-term gains, risk is amajorbarrier, particularly for the poor, in adopting these technologies.
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The public criticism over the industry's profit margins is amajorbarrier.
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As another example, researchers and policymakers have noted that mental health problems, particularly chronic depressive symptoms, appear to be amajorbarrierto employment among low-income women on welfare.
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Thus, the more or less continuous circulation of bridewealth served as amajorbarrieragainst divorce, which often required that the bride's family return the bridewealth it had received.
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However, onemajorbarrierto the development and practical deployment of argumentation systems is the lack of a shared, agreed notation or 'interchange format' for argumentation and arguments.
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