great inequality

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandinequality

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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inequality
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us
/ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc. than ...
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(Definition ofgreatandinequalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ifgreatinequalityprevailed, a monarchy was required to counteract the nobles' power.
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They cannot understand thisgreatinequality.
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There is agreatinequalityin this matter of food.
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There isgreatinequalitybetween different parts of the country.
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I believe that there isgreatinequalityregarding deportation.
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Where there is great poverty, there is oftengreatinequality.
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Another evil ofgreatinequalityof income is this.
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It will, as has been pointed out already, causegreatinequality.
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Among those who are living in local authority houses we find that there isgreatinequality.
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There is the reality ofgreatinequalitybetween one section of the population and another.
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Our whole case is that there is still a verygreatinequality.
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The present law representsgreatinequalityas between the rich and the poor.
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In the meantime,greatinequalitywill be caused to some children.
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There is still verygreatinequalityin the distribution of teachers.
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Greatinequalityis bound to create a divided and an unhappy society.
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The countries where there isgreatinequalitybetween men and women are also the poorest.
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The result of this is agreatinequalityin the bearing of the national burden.
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They know nothing of the history of the development of thisgreatinequality.
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There is agreatinequalityof wealth as opposed to income.
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There is also stillgreatinequalityin the distribution of the gross national product.
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The important point about the motion is that it is about class, tied up withgreatinequalityof wealth.
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There isgreatinequalityof wealth, trade union rights are heavily circumscribed and political parties are banned.
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We started the debate on the capital transfer tax by people alleging that there wasgreatinequalityof wealth.
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Does he acknowledge that the system has the potential to creategreatinequalityin bishops' ultimate incomes?
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