difficult decision

collocation in English

meaningsofdifficultanddecision

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difficult
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəlt/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəlt/
needing skill ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofdifficultanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For example, striving to attain production targets may make the choice to implement new safety measures that will slow production down adifficultdecision.
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This may be adifficultdecisionto make considering immediate burden of delirium and short life expectancy of the patient.
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An additional concern for the subjects was that negative feedback was a moredifficultdecisionto make.
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Although a helper might need to set limits, this could sometimes be a verydifficultdecision, with serious consequences.
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In business, it's also adifficultdecision.
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Girl's end-of-life case questions adifficultdecisionand who is fit to make it.
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Onedifficultdecisionconcerns longevity risk, where individuals face the possibility of outliving their resources or, alternatively, of foregoing consumption by dying before wealth is exhausted.
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Whether to use a prosthetic ring, however, is adifficultdecisionin a growing child.
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Let me take you back to the time when we took thatdifficultdecision.
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This directive may be in force for two decades; today, we are merely at the beginnings of a long anddifficultdecision-making process.
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This will be adifficultdecision, and, like all mergers of this kind, this merger will undoubtedly place some strain on the staff.
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It is not adifficultdecisionto make.
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It is adifficultdecision, however, as we have found in the past.
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But whoever undertakes this service has to make, or help in making, thedifficultdecisionabout what size and shape of railways to provide.
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I have inspected the three sites, but it is a verydifficultdecision.
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It is adifficultdecision, and it will not be reached by making political speeches and trying to score points off the other side.
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The extremelydifficultdecisionof what to do with the main battle tank must be taken very soon.
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A magistrate has to make thatdifficultdecision.
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I have never faced such adifficultdecisionon behalf of my constituents.
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We made adifficultdecision, and provided a generous settlement for haemophiliacs.
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