huge disparity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhugeanddisparity
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huge
adjective
uk/hjuːdʒ/us/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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disparity
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈspær.ə.ti/us/dɪˈsper.ə.t̬i/
a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is ...
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Will he also comment on thehugedisparityin provision?
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There is often ahugedisparitybetween them, and that adds to the frustration.
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The figures show ahugedisparityin achievement between teenage boys and teenage girls, with the girls doing a great deal better.
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That test, which strictly has nothing to do with sixth forms, showed that there was ahugedisparityof 9 percentage points.
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That is ahugedisparityon a central issue of political concern.
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Yet there is still ahugedisparitybetween public demand for those medicines and the negligible amount of funding for research in that field.
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The value of the output in 1997 fell by a substantial amount because of the appreciation in sterling, creating ahugedisparity.
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In this case there is ahugedisparity.
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The problem already exists, and it is compounded by thehugedisparityin size between the different regions that the existing structure proposes.
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Tackling social exclusion means ending thathugedisparityin people's wealth and opportunities—people who live close together, but who are far apart economically.
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There is ahugedisparitybetween seats won and votes cast, but we do not have other compensating factors.
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How else can thehugedisparityof treatment between the different educational sectors be explained?
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Specific grants should be made for each of the social services in order to equalise to some extent thehugedisparityin rating burdens.
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We know that there is ahugedisparitybetween the best and the worst of our schools, and an ever widening gap in pupil achievement.
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That is ahugedisparity.
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I am saying that there is ahugedisparitybetween the estimate we have genuinely tried to make about the possible beneficiaries and the other figure.
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Is there not ahugedisparitybetween the amount we are spending on research into nuclear energy and the amount spent on looking into alternative forms?
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There is ahugedisparitybetween the very rich and the half million young workers in service industries such as hotels, restaurants, catering, clothing and hairdressing.
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When we analyse it, the only conclusion that we can draw is that there is ahugedisparitybetween the tax-cutting measures and the so-called additional expenditure.
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