Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] hurdle [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they pass that test they still have to pass the second hurdle of being " in consumer use " when the defect arises . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Tom McKean was relieved to avoid one of his familiar acts of self-destruction as he successfully negotiated the first hurdle of his quest for gold in the 800m . |
| 3 | Is it sufficient that he perceives a suspicion of bias , or must he perceive the higher hurdle of likelihood ? |
| 4 | Thus the F.C.C. was held to have surmounted the first hurdle of entitlement to enter the inquiry , but fell at the second because it had misconstrued the meaning of successor in title . |
| 5 | Later cases witnessed the ‘ competitive invocation ’ of the two tests , the authority whose decision was to be impugned claiming that the applicant still had to satisfy the higher hurdle of real likelihood of bias . |
| 6 | Welsh wizard Jackson , who took silver in Seoul , hit the fourth hurdle in his second round heat and nearly fell . |
| 7 | It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered . |
| 8 | Thus it has been able to overcome the major hurdle of the possibility of losing top contacts and clients when it was set up on its own . |
| 9 | Technically the production had to be able to cater for precisely lined-up inlay shots , half-silvered mirror shots , glass shots and back-projections to overcome the great hurdle of having the travellers and the ‘ giants ’ in the same shots . |
| 10 | However , even if the plaintiff overcomes the difficult hurdle of proving that Core Rule 28 ( or a comparable SRO rule ) has been breached , he must further show that the contravention caused him loss . |