Collocations withbarrier
These are words often used in combination withbarrier.
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administrative barrier
This type of barrier is termed an administrative barrier.
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artificial barrier
Moreover, on both sides of this artificial barrier, the claims of secularization have been persistently overstated.
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barrier beach
However, the barrier beach with its sand dunes eventually closed this opening permanently.
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barrier layer
Tungsten silicide is also used as a barrier layer between silicon and other metals, e.g. tungsten.
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bureaucratic barriers
It is also argued that the country lacks the institutional capacity to deal with such innovative management on a national basis without creating other bureaucratic barriers and resource waste agencies.
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concrete barrier
More recently, different types of barrier have been placed on the network, including wire-rope and concrete barrier.
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constitutional barrier
They could never decide whether there was an insuperable constitutional barrier to the single currency.
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cultural barrier
One cultural barrier in this country is the low esteem that used to be accorded to engineering.
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diffusion barrier
In the presence of a diffusion barrier, molecules will diffuse more slowly than when in simple aqueous solution.
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entry barrier
The fact that the initial capital is low indicates the low entry barrier to the business.
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financial barrier
This large scope of application actualizes a problem in many countries of overcoming a financial barrier related to opposing incentives between municipalities and health authorities.
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flood barrier
Provisional estimates show that while the flood barrier itself will cost £39 million, the downstream flood defences will cost £77 million.
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formidable barrier
The net effect of these rules is to greatly restrict generic competition, ensuring that prohibitive drug prices continue to pose a formidable barrier to access.
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gender barrier
The implication is that one woman has cracked the gender barrier, though the signs of score and stage direction are admittedly subtle.
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geographic barrier
The decision was made because the sampling sites were within 2km mi of each other, and no geographic barrier could be identified.
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geographical barrier
It is believed that the mountain range acts as a geographical barrier to dispersal and that gene flow without a geographical barrier is high.
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great barrier
By contrast, the great barrier to this dynamic was the civil rights revolution, both directly and indirectly.
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greatest barrier
The greatest barrier to exchange is, again, between the former and the latter groups.
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impenetrable barrier
He thus at once presupposes and undercuts the allegedly impenetrable barrier between doctor and patient upon which his proposed prophylaxis depends.
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import barrier
It is not a question merely of taxation; it is a question of rigidly building up an import barrier round a country in order to boost home industries.
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institutional barrier
They created an institutional barrier that distilled news of the district and checked the commander's contact with the population.
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insuperable barrier
This said, wartime restrictions and government parsimony proved an insuperable barrier : large numbers of children sought but were refused admission in the 1940s and early 1950s.*!
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insurmountable barrier
However, given observed expected returns to production, neither price risk nor risk aversion constitutes an insurmountable barrier to tree planting.
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internal barriers
Others regard it as another episode in the annals of colonial divide-and-rule, one that used language and writing to erect internal barriers.
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invisible barrier
Melvin explained to me that this was another way of transgressing the invisible barrier enforced by the proscenium arch.
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legal barrier
Its purpose is to resolve a legal barrier to the better management of the civil service.
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linguistic barriers
Such scientific terms, of course, are valuable not only because they transcend linguistic barriers but because they are exceedingly precise.
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major barrier
Risk and uncertainty is a major barrier facing many farmers, particularly the poor, in adopting conservation agriculture.
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median barrier
A median barrier and higher curbs were also installed, and its earthquake resistance was enhanced.
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metal barrier
There, a metal barrier drops flush to the ground when vehicular access is required.
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moisture barrier
Depending on the need, this paperboard can be waxed or coated with polyethylene to form a moisture barrier.
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natural barrier
The pericarp appears to form the main natural barrier to desiccation under both natural and artificial conditions of seed storage.
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physical barrier
This is thought to be mainly a result of the integrity of the nuclear membrane providing a physical barrier to entry.
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potential barrier
The electrons which enter the vacuum build a potential barrier that prevents more electrons from leaving the plasma.
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practical barrier
A practical barrier was seen in the unwillingness of the elderly to participate, but other respondents noted the opposite.
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protective barrier
For the yeoman, a hedge was a protective barrier: for the commoner it was an illegitimate divider.
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psychological barrier
As patients associate hospital settings with seriousness, decentralization may act as a psychological barrier to the perceived need and subsequent uptake of these services.
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radiant barrier
An ideal radiant barrier would have a reflectivity of 1, and would therefore reflect 100 percent of incoming radiation.
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regulatory barriers
These effects in the bona fide market context exacerbate the regulatory barriers already existing in the donative context.
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rigid barrier
The system of designation thus creates a rigid barrier between hospitals for treatment of mental illness and hospitals for treating mental deficiency.
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significant barrier
On the other hand, the logistics of obtaining consent sensitively may pose a significant barrier to conducting a proposed investigation.
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skin barrier
It could be speculated that penetration of the skin barrier makes the schistosomula less able to penetrate the placenta barrier.
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species barrier
The feeding of animal remains across the species barrier is what the meat industry is all about.
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structural barrier
There is no requirement for backboards or sideboards (as in bocce), but dedicated playing areas are often enclosed in boards or some other structural barrier.
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substantial barrier
This could be a substantial barrier for older people wishing to exploit the asset value of their homes.
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tariff barrier
It is thus more important for a large country to improve its property rights when it reduces the tariff barrier.
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technical barrier
It is stated that this must not be a technical barrier to trade.
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thermal barrier
In contrast, soil was a very effective thermal barrier; negligible temperature increases were recorded below a 5-cm soil depth.
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thermal barrier coating
Processes are currently being developed to use laser ablation in the removal of thermal barrier coating on high-pressure gas turbine components.
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unnecessary barrier
I have to say that if we do so alone we shall be needlessly erecting an unnecessary barrier to trade.
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wooden barrier
The protective wooden barrier was almost completely destroyed by the barge.
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