formidable obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformidableandobstacle
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formidable
adjective
uk/fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/us/fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, ...
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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 offormidableandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is aformidableobstacleto such a move.
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Those who lack scholarship have therefore aformidableobstacleto surmount.
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That could be aformidableobstacleto surmount.
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Vested interests created in favour of civil servants are a mostformidableobstacleto overcome.
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Secondly, there is a veryformidableobstaclein their wives.
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It is not intended to be aformidableobstacleto legislation.
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Any small company faced with a larger company determined to bolster its own cash flow by delaying payment faces aformidableobstacle.
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As a matter of fact, in this case there is no veryformidableobstacleto cross.
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The first and mostformidableobstacleto any improvement is the existence of the black market.
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Anyone who tries to thwart me in that objective will find me a mostformidableobstacle.
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These factors put aformidableobstaclein the way of young children learning to read and write.
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Cost is genuinelyformidableobstacleto change and a major reason for caution.
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The mostformidableobstaclein the way of reducing unemployment is our unsatisfactory balance of payments.
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All that is merely for one mile of rough track which might possibly have not been regarded by those organising the rally as a veryformidableobstacle.
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I do not say that this constitutes an insurmountable obstacle, but it is a veryformidableobstacleat the present time in the path of unification.
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But, to outside observers, and to relatively ignorant observers, we appear to be divided from these negotiations by what looks like interminable argument andformidableobstacle.
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They do constitute a veryformidableobstacle.
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This system of minefields constituted aformidableobstacleto the resumption of trade in the aftermath of the war.
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