significant obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandobstacle
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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obstacle
noun[C]
uk/ˈɒb.stə.kəl/us/ˈɑːb.stə.kəl/
something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made ...
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(Definition ofsignificantandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This has become asignificantobstacleto coming to terms with this extraordinary work.
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The generally hostile attitude toward lawyers in the house of commons was asignificantobstacle.
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Making the central bank independent should not be asignificantobstacleif a referendum can be won.
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The complexity of these interplays, it is suggested, is asignificantobstacleto effective teaching innovation.
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Nor was protest from organized groups on the left asignificantobstacle.
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Asignificantobstaclein this process was that the court maintained considerable reservations towards its most formidable tool of dynastic expression.
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These may in fact differ among individuals in small but subtle ways, without the differences necessarily being obvious or asignificantobstacleto communication.
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Topological modeling errors occur only if asignificantobstacleis entirely undetected.
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In some countries, they find bribes paid in dealing with courts to be asignificantobstacle, while in others bribes paid to obtain business licenses are significant.
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Our rapporteur demonstrates very well that there exists asignificantobstacleto this process of closer cooperation: it is the national state veto.
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Once finalised, they will remove asignificantobstacleto national action on bull bars.
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This caveat relating to the needs of the child has been asignificantobstaclein obtaining a mainstream place.
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Whilst these proposals warrant consideration the extra cost of such a scheme is asignificantobstacle.
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The proposed legislation before us will remove the mostsignificantobstaclein the way of pathfinding schemes.
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Threats to security remain asignificantobstacleto progress.
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Illegality—and it is illegality—on that scale is asignificantobstacleto flotation.
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The committee was not convinced that the use of custodians would provide such asignificantobstacle to the determined wrongdoer that their use should be made mandatory.
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Value added tax is asignificantobstacleto the maintenance of historic buildings, and the trustees could be faced with real problems.
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It seeks to help those whose hearts are set on returning home, where they have satisfactory future arrangements and the onlysignificantobstacleis the cost of the travel.
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