sharp division
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpanddivision
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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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division
noun
uk/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it ...
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(Definition ofsharpanddivisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We must work toward the ending of thesharpdivisionbetween the manual worker and the staff.
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Although there is an emerging consensus about his milieu, there is still asharpdivisionamong scholars about his purpose in writing.
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This is to say that there is often nosharpdivisionbetween the concepts of direct and inferential perception.
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There is not thesharpdivisionthat there was in the nineteenth century between executive functions and policy.
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There does seem to be a verysharpdivisionof opinion.
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There is asharpdivisionof opinion upon this within the social work profession.
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It means that there is not thatsharpdivisionin our country between things secular and things religious.
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Given thesharpdivisionbetween the maintained sector and the independent sector, surely it is correct that those rights should be clearly defined and protected.
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Therefore, on this issue, there is asharpdivision.
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Coming to this matter of the appeal, we have here asharpdivisionof opinion.
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For that simple and explicit reason it was thought wise to make thissharpdivision.
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I do not agree with the fact that there is no division; there is asharpdivision.
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Whatever our opinions—and there is asharpdivisionamongst us here—we have to deal with the situation as it stands now.
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On the other hand, their trade unions in this country recognise asharpdivisionbetween those different types of trade.
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I have asked myself why there should have been, apparently without exception, thissharpdivisionof minds.
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There is a verysharpdivisionof opinion as to how that should be done.
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I note that there is asharpdivisionof opinion on whether there should be more home-based students.
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I can hardly imagine circumstances in which there would be a hard andsharpdivisionbetween officials and non-officials.
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The debate has revealed asharpdivisionin philosophy about the way in which public facilities should be managed.
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