big hurdle

collocation in English

meaningsofbigandhurdle

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big
adjective
uk
/bɪɡ/us
/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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hurdle
noun
uk
/ˈhɜː.dəl/us
/ˈhɝː.dəl/
a frame or fence for jumping over in ...
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(Definition ofbigandhurdlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The realization that amino-acid synthesis was not, in itself, thebighurdleto life generation and the subsequent failures in generating life itself have had a negative impact.
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Nevertheless, it is not difficult to see that, if old attitudes creep in, it could prove to be abighurdle.
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So legislation will still have thatbighurdleto overcome.
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That is a verybighurdle.
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That was abighurdle.
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But still, money was abighurdleto get their scripts produced.
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The story portrays the challenges that a man faces in his daily life, and how these challenges can be abighurdle.
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Onebighurdlewould be to develop procedures for navigation to the target, on average 700 miles, without navigation aids of any kind with the exception of the compass.
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One of the big hurdles that we have to overcome is that dentists distrust the present set-up.
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Big hurdles remain to be overcome here.
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