big obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbigandobstacle
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big
adjective
uk/bɪɡ/us/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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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 ofbigandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Abigobstacleto really using functional applications is often their performance.
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Onebigobstaclein the face of all these projects is the need to find a new language for narratives that can bridge the gap between our divergent idiolects.
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This is abigobstacleto many people when they wish to get out and about, as this will often mean talking to strangers when conducting everyday transactions.
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While it initially spurred the re-creation of old pre-communist ties and the creation of new transnational connections, it has subsequently become abigobstacleto their pursuit in the region.
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Thebigobstaclehere is the reluctance of building societies in particular to grant sizeable mortgages on older properties.
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That is a verybigobstacleto their being able to prosecute with effectiveness and assurance.
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That, at the moment, is thebigobstacleto progress.
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Travelling to a place of education post-16 becomes abigobstaclefor many poor families.
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That is abigobstacleto be overcome.
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That is the firstbigobstacle.
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This bears heavily on anotherbigobstaclein the way of getting on with housing, and, in particular, with slum clearance, and that is land shortage.
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Staffordshire has the money for recruits and the applicants to recruit, but thebigobstacleis the huge proportion of the base budget that is spent on pensions.
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Abigobstacleto this is to make the happy medium between a very specific detailed emergency plan and a flexible one to which many disaster events may apply.
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Although this was a good start for organizing the problem space at hand, there were two big obstacles.
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