considerable resistance

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandresistance

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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When employers sought to structure relations outside of these expectations, they could find themselves faced withconsiderableresistance.
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Specifically, mothers were required to complete a set of caregiving tasks, including a clothes and diaper change, which generatedconsiderableresistancefrom the infant.
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It is safe to assume, moreover, that attempts to change the order of things will meet withconsiderableresistance.
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Our results imply that the complexity of mutational events in a simple organisms like a virus results inconsiderableresistanceto extinction.
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Axial rigidity and cervical dystonia can presentconsiderableresistance, but it is an essential part of the examination if there is any suggestion of restriction of the eye movements.
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However, there was alsoconsiderableresistance, particularly in rural and newly settled areas, where other types of dwelling - notably log cabins - proved highly durable and adaptable to local needs.
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For there wasconsiderableresistanceto the idea of women interfering with the masculine world of empire politics, which was articulated most clearly through the anti-suffrage campaign.
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There isconsiderableresistancefrom doctors, senior members of the judiciary, and other professionals about having their judgements challenged by those deemed not to have the requisite qualifications.
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The addition of a very small amount of fluoride to drinking water in appropriate localities likewise prevents or reduces dental decay, but on this matter there has beenconsiderableresistance.
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Those industries have mechanised, withconsiderableresistancefrom a great many of the unions.
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I am afraid there is stillconsiderableresistanceto the process, but that is changing by the day.
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I met withconsiderableresistancethere on the understandable grounds of the need to protect departmental independence in the review of spending decisions.
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There wasconsiderableresistanceand some 131 prisoners received injuries, mostly minor.
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When one tries to organise alternative employment —workshops, small factories, and so on—there tends to beconsiderableresistance.
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There has beenconsiderableresistance, particularly from the local authorities, to proposals for change.
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We know that there will beconsiderableresistance.
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There is at presentconsiderableresistanceto textiles overseas.
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This is, of course, a policy that is likely to meet withconsiderableresistancefrom the airlines.
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There was, however,considerableresistanceto any action to remedy that part of our problem.
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