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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a certain barrier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific but unspecified obstacle or limitation in a context.
Example: "In our research, we encountered a certain barrier that hindered our progress."
Alternatives: "a specific obstacle" or "a particular hurdle".
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One of the prize judges, the novelist Shashi Deshpande, agreed, said that Joseph had "crossed a certain barrier".
"I think what dope sort of initially gave me was a certain barrier between myself and what was actually going on," he said, taking a long drag of his unfiltered cigarette.
You mentioned that the earlier intervention helped people get past a certain barrier, accelerating them by a couple years, but at some point there were bigger structural barriers, whether it's infrastructure or education.
By using specific reference values, as in master scaling, we estimate the measurement error for each participant's perceived effort to overcome a certain barrier, and thus obtain a calibrated measure of accessibility.
When attached to something like a dog collar, meanwhile, it will set a notification when a pet has crossed a certain barrier.
"I don't deny that there is a certain barrier for minority scientists," Arif Elvan concludes, "but once you have overcome it, your origin doesn't matter any longer.
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And being raised by a single loving mother is, in itself, no certain barrier to a child's tranquillity.
Generally, a certain energy barrier has to be overcome to realize the conversion of rectified-diffusion-induced bubbles to bubble-coalescence-induced bubbles.
In the treaty with the Dutch, France agreed that the United Provinces should annex part of Gelderland and should retain certain barrier fortresses in the Spanish Netherlands.
It is constitutively expressed in macrophages (and at least in certain barrier cells like kc) but requires induction in parenchymal cells.
Certain barriers to an active research involvement were shown, with 63%, 55% and 40% citing lack of time, education and collegial support, respectively.
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