continuing problem

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandproblem

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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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 ofcontinueandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Telephone interviews with 449 programme clients found that 73% reported resolution of their presenting problem or satisfactory management of acontinuingproblem.
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The efforts to put an end to the problem of human rights violations are not helped by thecontinuingproblemof impunity.
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Acontinuingproblemfor anyone interested in researching the area of family change is definition of terms.
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Specifically arriving at ways of meaningfully defining comparable metrics is acontinuingproblem.
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He sent samples that had been reared from wheat in 1997 and, as this proved to be acontinuingproblem, also in 1999.
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Together these mean that there has to remain a focus on meeting needs, yet there will be acontinuingproblemin finding willing tenants for the most difficult estates.
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Compliance: acontinuingproblemwith vascular grafts.
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There is a serious andcontinuingproblemto world shipping from unfair competition from ships registered under flags of convenience.
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There is no doubting that such attacks are a serious andcontinuingproblem, but there is no evidence that they have increased recently.
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However, there is a substantial andcontinuingproblem.
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That has been for many years thecontinuingproblem.
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They are designed to enable the difficult andcontinuingproblemof racial discrimination to be tackled more effectively.
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In the light of this severe andcontinuingproblem, will he reconsider whether to give us the benefits being offered to other regions?
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I now realise that there is a morecontinuingproblemhere, and it is right that this should be said.
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With our limited resources, substantial though they be, we have an urgent andcontinuingproblemof selection.
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Lack of reserves will be a real andcontinuingproblem.
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It is a terrible andcontinuingproblemthat has no easy solution.
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So undeniably the rural depopulation is acontinuingproblem.
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It is acontinuingproblem, which should be at the forefront of many people's minds.
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