serious obstacle

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandobstacle

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious obstacle

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We foresee noseriousobstacleagainst establishing such results; the reason is merely that we do not need them.
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This was aseriousobstacleto obtaining sharp perturbation results.
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A moreseriousobstaclefor the reader is the book's verbosity.
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However, there was a moreseriousobstaclein the way of church membership, that of the financial commitment required.
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The shortage, availability, and affordability of teaching material pose aseriousobstaclein incorporating new approaches into classroom teaching.
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However, this is not aseriousobstacleand this difficulty can be overcome, as is shown in the following theorem.
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Aseriousobstacleto intense electron beam transport with magnetic guiding is the transverse beam breakup instability.
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Of course, increased input costs alone may not pose aseriousobstacleto adoption if they are offset by equally large increases in returns.
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Aseriousobstacleto intense electron beam transport with axial magnetic guiding is the transver se beam break-up instability.
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The cost of site protection using a fence was relatively high (about 75% of the total implementation cost), and hence, it is aseriousobstaclefor implementation.
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Survey respondents also cited a lack of market incentives as the mostseriousobstacleto adoption of more ecologically sound farming practices93.
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What is the mostseriousobstacleto the full opening of the 'energy' negotiating chapter?
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He argued as if the necessity for applying annually for the necessary funds would in practice prove aseriousobstacleto development.
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This fever for publicity at any price is a mostseriousobstacleto international understanding and agreement and therefore to peace.
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I cannot believe that printing difficulties can be aseriousobstacleto the introduction of the family allowance for the first child.
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I re-emphasise that the policy of settlements in the occupied territories is aseriousobstacleto a peace settlement.
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I believe that aseriousobstaclein the way of industrial development in my area is the environment.
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This state of affairs is a mostseriousobstacleto the development of agriculture, fishing and other industries like weaving in those distant places.
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Is it not the case that at present lack of capacity at the ports is a moreseriousobstaclethan shortage of ships?
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Taken one upon the other and taken together, they amount to a daunting andseriousobstacleto enterprise.
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