enormous obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormousandobstacle
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But it might help overcome oneenormousobstacleto getting all parties engaged constructively in the debate.
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Even more perilously, it faced theenormousobstacleof this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot.
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Such action might be utterly unfair, as well as constituting anenormousobstacleto the free movement of labour.
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Any economic activity we perform has to overcome theenormousobstacleof distance.
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However, when it poisons relations, cooperation, agreement and future progress, then it really is anenormousobstacle.
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We are conscious of the fact that the presence of land- and anti-personnel mines is anenormousobstacle in terms of humanitarian access, resettlement and rehabilitation.
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The problem was that those who dreamed of liberating their country through force of arms faced enormous obstacles.
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Senior officers in all three services advised us that the changes would not present the enormous obstacles that have been mentioned tonight.
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There were enormous obstacles faced by the co-operative from the beginning.
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We are a very open market, but face enormous obstacles to accessing foreign markets.
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As a result we construct the most enormous obstacles, site conditions and rules under which claiming is discouraged and, if successful, is inadequate.
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He faced enormous obstacles including the weight of terrible debts.
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