artificial barrier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofartificialandbarrier
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artificial
adjective
uk/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk/ˈbær.i.ər/us/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofartificialandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Moreover, on both sides of thisartificialbarrier, the claims of secularization have been persistently overstated.
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Is it intended to put up a new andartificialbarrierwhere at present none exists?
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We must break down theartificialbarrierbetween manufacturing and service.
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Theartificialbarrierof 3,500 patients is already there.
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He is admitting that there is need for anartificialbarrierto the rise of prices.
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The easiest and most immediate way is to put anartificialbarrieragainst foreign competition.
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I do not for a moment envisage that there will be anartificialbarrierto the area of expansion.
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Once anartificialbarrierhas been erected, to take it away causes further difficulties.
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It is creating anartificialbarrierthrough which they are bound to break.
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Such anartificialbarrierwould prevent the best farmers from developing their work profitably.
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Many parents would find it difficult to understand the rationale behind the resurrection of anartificialbarrierto their choice.
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That has often created a sense of great injustice, and on occasions has provided anartificialbarrierto conviction.
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By setting a limit of 15 employees, it would create anartificialbarrierto taking on additional employees.
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Anartificialbarrieris being created that represents a serious threat to peace.
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I am not in favour of compartmentalizing this profession by erecting anartificialbarrierto access, and the report says the same thing.
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It is trying to erect anartificialbarrieraround part of one continual industrial process.
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The forces are the only place in which thatartificialbarrieris created.
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All the young gentlemen in the neighbouring village would have been after his blood, because there was anartificialbarrierbetween one village and another.
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This point being once reached, there is only anartificialbarrierto prevent his sympathies extending to men of all nations and races.
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It must not be used as anartificialbarrierto trade.
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