adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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As the children get used to your interventions, you can make them more challenging .
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He highlights the more challenging places, but says that the skiing tends to be on the tame side.
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Yet the custom side is more challenging and helps us to design and produce new and better products.
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It is likely that you are already using some of them; others may seem to be more challenging .
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He finds it far more challenging than shooting either grouse or pheasant, which he has also done plenty of.
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For a more challenging opportunity, remember that people with fundraising skills or retired secretaries or accountants are frequently in demand.
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That may be satisfied by giving the individual more responsibility or more challenging work. 5.
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In the 1984 study by Bennett etal., teachers thought that their learning tasks were considerably more challenging than they were.
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One of the most challenging issues here is the staffing of work.
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Thirdly, and this is the most challenging categorisation, partnerships differ in terms of the intimacy of education business relationships which are developed.
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Amateur golfers travel to play, searching out the most challenging courses around the world.
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Investigative child protection interviews are one of the most challenging areas of social work practice.
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G M Miller A highly structured talk on what was probably the most challenging topic in this year's list.
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April is the most challenging month here.
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Worse luck on the voters who have to contend with the most challenging of ballot papers.
■ NOUN
behaviour
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The only shortfall, he said, was of facilities for patients with very difficult and challenging behaviour .
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Our selection procedure has resulted in no places being offered to students with profound or multiple disabilities or severe challenging behaviour .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a challenging game
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Bowden called the piece, "one of the most challenging pieces of music I've ever played."
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Planning a wedding reception for over 1000 guests will be very challenging .
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The job wasn't challenging enough for me - I wanted something more creative.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A challenging language, carrying with it the sweet allure of forbidden fruit.
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As we all know marine fishkeeping is a challenging hobby in so many ways.
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But the really challenging upshot of the report was not this predictable hypocrisy.
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Not only have there been many important exhibitions held on these issues but many women artists have developed brave and challenging work.
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The only shortfall, he said, was of facilities for patients with very difficult and challenging behaviour.
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They had misgivings about Mr Major's diffidence, felt he was not carrying the battle to the strongly challenging enemy.
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This has to be achieved without adversely affecting design quality, a task that can prove quite challenging .
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Yet the custom side is more challenging and helps us to design and produce new and better products.