tremendous difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsoftremendousanddifficulty

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tremendous
adjective
uk
/trɪˈmen.dəs/us
/trɪˈmen.dəs/
very great in amount or level, or ...
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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 oftremendousanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the monkey, on the other hand, we are able to examine individual cells and resolve single spikes, but havetremendousdifficultyin examining entire circuits.
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I think we all recognise thetremendousdifficultyinvolved in coming forward with this report.
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We have to face a time oftremendousdifficultyand trial.
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She came to see me in my surgery—withtremendousdifficulty, because of her disability.
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One can see at a glance thetremendousdifficultythat would be encountered there.
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That is givingtremendousdifficultyin raising the quality of pro- grammes.
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I do not suggest that it is atremendousdifficulty, but not everybody gets through.
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With all the extension of our franchise, we have atremendousdifficultyfrom this point of view.
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There is, of course, atremendousdifficultyin dealing with figures which cover only part of total public expenditure, and there are other problems.
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They would havetremendousdifficultyreselling their flat or maisonette with that type of millstone around their necks.
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Now we are faced with thistremendousdifficulty.
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That represents an infrastructure disaster which will causetremendousdifficultyin terms of repair work and getting the economies of those countries going again.
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When you have to appoint somebody to run, say, the railway services of this country you havetremendousdifficultyin finding the best man.
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There will betremendousdifficultyin trying to decide who are, and who are not, the chronic sick.
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Sometimes they obtain the initial finance successfully, but havetremendousdifficultyin moving on to the next stage.
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That is causingtremendousdifficultyand a great deal of bad feeling throughout the country.
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When they reach adult life, they havetremendousdifficultyintegrating.
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One often findstremendousdifficultyin deciding what caused the accident.
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Is he aware that this causestremendousdifficulty—for example, for school parties when going abroad?
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The police are havingtremendousdifficultynot only about getting recruits but in preventing the wastage of recruits.
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