obvious difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofobviousanddifficulty

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obvious
adjective
uk
/ˈɒb.vi.əs/us
/ˈɑːb.vi.əs/
easy to see, recognize, ...
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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofobviousanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anobviousdifficultyof this procedure is that often those extraneous estimates were prepared with an econometric specification that contradicts your model.
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But the process thinker who wishes to select either faces anobviousdifficulty.
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The mostobviousdifficultywas in the financing of the scheme.
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It points to anobviousdifficultyfacing those who wish to implement all the suggestions made in the article.
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Oneobviousdifficultywith this argument is that it is not likely to convince nonbelievers, but let us set aside that problem and engage in some speculative theology.
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Theobviousdifficultythese babies have is that they cannot create adequate negative intra-oral pressure to be able to express the milk from the breast or bottle.
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Oneobviousdifficultywith this proposal is that it seems to open up the possibility of all sorts of ' omnipotent ' beings who are obviously quite weak.
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That is anobviousdifficultyof all these bounty schemes, and it is not peculiar to this.
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So there would be anobviousdifficultythere.
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This is done by the local authority because of theobviousdifficultyof sending these children to school and fitting them into suitable classes.
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That is anobviousdifficultywith which lawyers on both sides of the arguments will have to grapple, often at great length.
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We therefore face anobviousdifficultyin conducting reform because it will not be possible to satisfy everyone.
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Theobviousdifficultyis to apply it to the rule accepted in principle, because advocates have a complete prohibition against such behaviour.
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That, too, is anobviousdifficulty, even if it is only one of machinery, which up to now has not been dealt with.
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Territory is not to be relinquished even temporarily for space, despite theobviousdifficultyof holding territory in the early stages of mass attack.
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He mentioned—and probably it is the mostobviousdifficultythat does arise—the question of the child requiring a passport.
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There is oneobviousdifficultyin having flying-boats as bombers.
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Everyone says that he is trying to find a workmanlike way of meeting anobviousdifficulty.
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Theobviousdifficultyis that it will cost a very considerable sum of money.
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Of course, there is on the face of the matter anobviousdifficultywhich may, or may not, have been considered.
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