great divergence

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatanddivergence

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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divergence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌdaɪˈvɜː.dʒəns/us
/dɪˈvɝː.dʒəns/
the situation in which two things ...
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(Definition ofgreatanddivergencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thirdly, there was agreatdivergencebetween readers' and authors' identifications.
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Individual slumpfolds are longitudinally not consistent (a few to about 20 metres long) and exhibit agreatdivergenceof directions.
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There is agreatdivergenceof opinion with regard to thoroughbred stallions, and we should have liked to have the scheme put before us.
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There is verygreatdivergenceof view, again, on this.
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But in practice there is a verygreatdivergence.
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There has been agreatdivergenceof authoritative opinion on the bench opposite.
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The subject of dogs undoubtedly generates great passion and agreatdivergenceof views.
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After prolonged discussion, in which were displayed reasonableness and goodwill, agreement was arrived on many points on which there had beengreatdivergenceof view.
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We find, therefore, thisgreatdivergencebetween the two sorts of local authorities.
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The same price is maintained all over the country and there is nogreatdivergencein the cost of living.
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That is urgently required so that the supply of electricity shall not have thegreatdivergenceof price that exists at the present time.
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Engineers display agreatdivergenceof views in the design of plant and that means that sometimes the variety of tastes is expensive.
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I said earlier that there was a general degree of agreement about the principles, but that there was one upon which there wasgreatdivergence.
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This would impose a very difficult burden on the court, and there might begreatdivergencein the priorities accorded by different courts.
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There is a verygreatdivergencein the amounts of money that are needed at any particular time.
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There was agreatdivergencebetween their views in regard to the difference between the rich and the poor.
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I have read a good deal of what is said at home and abroad upon this matter, and there is agreatdivergenceof view.
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There is agreatdivergenceof view as to what is best in regard to the physical needs of the youth of the country.
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There is, clearly, today agreatdivergencein both the practice and achievement of firms, not only in different industries, but between different firms within the same industry.
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There is thegreatdivergenceof opinion.
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