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high hurdle

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meanings of highand hurdle


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high
adjective
uk /haɪ/ us /haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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hurdle
noun
uk /ˈhɜː.dəl/ us /ˈhɝː.dəl/
a frame or fence for jumping over in ...
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Examples of high hurdle


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Jumping a highhurdle requires gaining the acquiescence of political players who are not like-minded, and thus will not respond to incentives provided by party and ideology.
The practical result of this amendment would be to create a highhurdle before unannounced entry.
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We recognise that it is a highhurdle to jump.
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I do not believe that the "significant risk" test is a highhurdle when we consider the nature of the clause as currently drafted.
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Whatever it is, it turns out that we fix extremely highhurdle rates with very short pay-off periods.
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But in the middle, the small to medium-sized industries which are involved in the regular production and export business face rather highhurdle rates.
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That is a narrow test and a highhurdle for the defendant to overcome.
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That is because the requirement to identify express knowledge is such a highhurdle that people no longer attempt to do it.
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We believe that a simple majority is a sufficiently highhurdle.
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We recognise that obtaining the necessary consents is a highhurdle for leaseholders, but we do not believe that it is impossibly high.
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That is a very highhurdle to reach.
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After all, there is little point in setting a highhurdle unless we help people get over it.
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I wonder also whether we are grappling with the notion of a highhurdle or with the notion of a low hurdle.
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The practical result of the amendment will be to create a highhurdle before unannounced entry.
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Even replacing the word "grave"with"substantial" would still present a highhurdle.
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That is a highhurdle, particularly when, we should remember, the union must also win a ballot.
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It provides for a quorum of at least five, which, with a commission of only eight, is a highhurdle to have to overcome.
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High approval percentages are dangerous because an artificially highhurdle may lead to resentment.
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This is not a highhurdle: it is only half a highhurdle.
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I suggest to him that a simple majority is a highhurdle indeed.
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