considerable difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableanddifficulty

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/
us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/
us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsiderable difficulty

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For example, the basic learning module described in section 4.1 would seem to haveconsiderabledifficultysimulating common prototype effects.
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He is incapable of either producing or comprehending sentences, and he also hasconsiderabledifficultywith vocabulary, particularly verbs.
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At least, the proximity of multiple spectral data would imposeconsiderabledifficultyto the inverse problem.
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Considerabledifficultywas experienced in deciding upon the most satisfactory method of determining the abundance and ecological plasticity of the various species.
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As can be seen, the children experiencedconsiderabledifficultywith the phoneme segmentation task.
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Due to the poor radio-opacity of this stent,considerabledifficultywas experienced in placing the stent in the correct position.
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Many also experiencedconsiderabledifficultyin making a claim.
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Results show that teachers haveconsiderabledifficultyin incorporating oral language tasks into their pedagogy because of a curriculum biased towards developing writing skills.
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However, in reality they went toconsiderabledifficultyto create texts that would fill this role.
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The present data indicate that children who experienced early institutionalized neglect hadconsiderabledifficultywith both of these tasks.
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I experiencedconsiderabledifficultyin getting the gamma specification to converge.
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As the firm acknowledged, it has experiencedconsiderabledifficultywith its green marketing efforts.
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Again, this discussion can only be resolved empirically, and even so withconsiderabledifficultyas the potential alternative development paths will always be difficult to establish.
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On the other hand, the basic phrase structure of these languages seems to differ vastly, such that many of the attempts to unify these similarities meet withconsiderabledifficulty.
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As a result of their poverty, they have veryconsiderabledifficultyin providing for their own care needs, even at very low cost for a minimal service.
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Nunan (1990), for example, reports how the teachers he worked with experiencedconsiderabledifficultyin identifying problems for study.
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On his recruitment policy, would he look again at the problem of discrimination on the grounds of age, which has been aconsiderabledifficulty?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
With one item there would have beenconsiderabledifficultyin tracing the artist's family; only tracing agents and collecting societies would have benefited.
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I haveconsiderabledifficultyin finding the underneath.
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I now pass to the "old cases"—an issue ofconsiderabledifficulty.
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