The producer learning curve is steep enough.

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But to my mind the single biggest barrier to golf is the fact that it is really hard and has a steep learning curve.

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Snape says his time at the Victoria Ground was a steep learning curve but he is sure the experience will stand him in good stead in future jobs.

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The competition in Sprint Cup is even fiercer and her learning curve will be steep.

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The learning curve has been steep, I have made a hundred mistakes, and the future is unclear.

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One of the other things that has been a steep learning curve for us - painfully so, I may add -is that we have come to have unanimity on the fact that security is a precondition not only for the political progress that we have just been talking about the last 15 or so minutes, but also for economic and social progress.

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