sharp contrast
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpandcontrast
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sharp
adjective
uk/ʃɑːp/us/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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contrast
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.trɑːst/us/ˈkɑːn.træst/
an obvious difference between two or ...
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(Definition ofsharpandcontrastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Among those who emphasize democratization, insharpcontrast, 21 per cent more expressed satisfaction with the current government than the old one (50% versus 29%).
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This linguistic talent is insharpcontrastwith his general intellectual and physical abilities.
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Both have radical limits, insharpcontrastto such things as longterm episodic memory or linguistic knowledge.
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That was insharpcontrastto their position in the medieval period.
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At a deeper level of analysis, the reduction of mental disorders to brain diseases stands insharpcontrastto a developmental psychopathology perspective.
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Here is therefore onesharpcontrastwith the economic model of wellbeing.
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Insharpcontrast, the same children do reveal a willingness to use the adult model when it occurs in the form of negative input.
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This stands insharpcontrastto what was found for the incidence of infinitival forms.
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Thissharpcontrastillustrates that there are indeed principles invoked in the acquisition of words that are not invoked for facts.
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Thissharpcontrastpersists when respondents were asked if their religion was different from other religions.
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Insharpcontrast, more than two out of five (44 per cent) legislators were somewhat or very negative about budgetary control.
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Insharpcontrast, this factor makes no contribution to the explanation of perceived marital power relations among pre-retired respondents.
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It is also insharpcontrastto the situation encountered (or assumed) in usual continuous-time statistical mechanics.
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This is insharpcontrastto the political-economic potentiality of parametric reforms.
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Moreover, the evolution of the living standards of the lower strata of the population is insharpcontrastwith that of the upper classes.
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Thus, their life situations exhibit asharpcontrastwith many traditional moral stands.
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Insharpcontrastwith the pattern of male employment, women over the age of 50 devoted far less time to production activities.
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He draws asharpcontrastbetween official aid on the one hand and private aid on the other.
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