bureaucratic obstacle

collocation in English

meaningsofbureaucraticandobstacle

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bureaucratic
adjective
uk
/ˌbjʊə.rəˈkræt.ɪk/us
/ˌbjʊr.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
relating to a system of controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number ...
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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 ofbureaucraticandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbureaucratic obstacle

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The third has led to attempts to constrain nonconforming practice through regulation,bureaucraticobstacle, or denial of payment.
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The result is that companies will be put through the most formidablebureaucraticobstaclecourse.
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He is subjected to the samebureaucraticobstacle, which incidentally ought not to exist at all in a free market and in a free economy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They put every knownbureaucraticobstaclein their way.
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The aid we provide should be rapid and based on solidarity, and it should not be held up by abureaucraticobstaclecourse.
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There is a danger that doing so will merely replace onebureaucraticobstaclewith another one.
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Any restrictive set of rules is a superfluousbureaucraticobstacle, in our eyes.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Thebureaucraticobstacleto the movement of goods is being dismantled.
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Better cooperation makes sense, therefore, but it absolutely must not be allowed to degenerate into abureaucraticobstaclerace.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There would be nobureaucraticobstaclewhatever to that.
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In an emergency situation, such consultation is likely to place abureaucraticobstaclein the way of preventing such harm.
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There was a risk that thisbureaucraticobstaclewould jeopardize his cooperation.
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It was a purelybureaucraticobstacle.
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Consequently, many organisations find it quite a problem to obtain funding and when they do find it, there are usually too many bureaucratic obstacles in the way to acquiring it.
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They should be supported not only for their research but also for their demands for the abolition of many bureaucratic obstacles.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am certain that we will have to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles to business expansion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is equally important in the short term to sweep away the bureaucratic obstacles to the growth of small businesses.
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However, some bureaucratic obstacles remain in place, for example, as far as cash flow is concerned.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Yet small and medium-sized enterprises are experiencing an unprecedented crisis: lack of liquidity, bureaucratic obstacles and constraints and administrative barriers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We must avoid creating bureaucratic obstacles which serve to muzzle dynamism and entrepreneurship to the point of suffocating them.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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