technical obstacle

collocation in English

meaningsoftechnicalandobstacle

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technical
adjective
uk
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science ...
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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 oftechnicalandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftechnical obstacle

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Moreover, we lose mass-conservation, which is another xtechnicalobstaclefor our proofs.
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The use of simulations to establish a rate or probability of intersection is not just a matter of disposing of atechnicalobstacle.
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Everytechnicalobstacleis put in his way.
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It was designed simply to remove atechnicalobstacleto the continuing use of funding as an instrument of monetary control.
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There is no legal ortechnicalobstacleto decommissioning.
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This removes atechnicalobstaclewhich might have prevented pensioners, payment of whose pension was interrupted, from claiming income support under the normal rules.
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Thetechnicalobstaclerelates to ring-fencing of local government money.
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We are simply removing atechnicalobstaclewhich could prevent the application of that policy in certain circumstances.
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But there is a quite formidabletechnicalobstaclewhich has not yet been removed.
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New clause 52(2) deals with atechnicalobstacleto proceeding against defendants who fail to answer to bail granted by the police.
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Consequently, there appears to be notechnicalobstacleto monitoring with great competence underground nuclear tests releasing as little as one kiloton or less of energy.
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Overcoming thistechnicalobstaclehas been a goal of agricultural research for some years.
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These are the level of formality, often related to the purpose of use, level of support, technical obstacles to overcome and so on.
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Businessmen could argue with apparent conviction that technical obstacles constrained their ability to improve the quality of emissions.
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However, a number of major technical obstacles must still be overcome before the benefits of this approach can be realized.
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How much the spurt in the mid-1890s owed to the easing of the technical obstacles and how much to the economic upturn is impossible to tell.
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Of course, the technical obstacles to the introduction of this card proved to be quite considerable.
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I understand that there were technical obstacles to overcome.
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It has never once been said in defence of the under-investment in manufacturing industry that there were any technical obstacles in the way.
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Systematic veterinary controls at the borders are viewed as technical obstacles to trade.
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