big problem

collocation in English

meaningsofbigandproblem

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big
adjective
uk
/bɪɡ/
us
/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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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 ofbigandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This may not be abigproblemin the near term since formal rural credit markets are not very advanced.
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Thebigproblem, of course, is determining precisely what the criteria of success should be.
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Apparently, this fact alone may not cause abigproblemand can be explained away by some formal mechanism.
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Finances were nobigproblem, with most participants (88%) expressing no worry about their finances and the rest expressing only some anxiety.
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Abigproblemwith such groups is that they seldom carry out thorough systematic reviews of the scientific literature (2).
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Thus, the difference across units may not be abigproblem.
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It's also abigproblem, because the equilibrium of a child is at stake, the child could be affected all her life.
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Then he solved thisbigproblem, with an amazingly deep and beautiful proof.
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This is abigproblemfor the dictionary-makers, who often reach different conclusions about what should be done.
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In addition, the enforcement of these administrative judgments did not surface as abigproblem.
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The otherbigproblemis that far too many questions are asked.
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During that whole time he published almost nothing-a few related papers, a year or two before solving thebigproblem.
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The constrained financial situation is also reflected in the shortage of staff, which is abigproblemfacing the institution.
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I think domestic violence is abigproblem.
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What may scare others away from self-experimentation, the worry that expectations will distort the results, turned out to be not abigproblem.
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The privatization component should not pose abigproblemas the existing institutional structures should be able to accommodate this process without any additional costs.
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The education of disabled children is abigproblemfacing many families.
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The book engages threebigproblemareas.
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So theory is abigproblem.
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