great stride
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandstride
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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stride
noun
uk/straɪd/us/straɪd/
an important ...
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(Definition ofgreatandstridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is agreatstride.
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Bronfenbrenner's (1979) articulation of nested levels in the ecology of human development marked agreatstrideforward in conceptualizing contexts.
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We have the chance of making agreatstrideforward in fruitful co-operation with our neighbours.
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It is not a verygreatstrideforward.
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A single form would be agreatstrideforward.
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We have at all events made onegreatstridein this direction, and that is in dealing with the mate question.
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That is not agreatstrideforward: it is not a stride forward at all, and it sends out all the wrong signals to employers.
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That in itself is agreatstridewhich the industrial workers will readily welcome.
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It would be a verygreatstrideforward, socially, if the men were allowed to leave their clothes at the pit-head baths.
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This in principle is agreatstrideforward in human conception.
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By doing that, agreatstrideforward will be made in the solution of the housing problem.
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So we have made agreatstridein that respect under our legislation.
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But it is an opportunity, a chance, for agreatstrideforward.
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There would be a large increase in all family allowances, and agreatstrideforward would be taken in helping the problem of child poverty.
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It claims to represent agreatstrideforward in international relations.
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It is agreatstrideforward, and if the development which is proposed is carried out it will give a stimulus to the manufacture of smokeless fuels from raw coal.
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That represents agreatstrideforward.
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This really is agreatstrideforward.
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She got into agreatstrideand relaxed.
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