huge imbalance

collocation in English

meaningsofhugeandimbalance

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huge
adjective
uk
/hjuːdʒ/us
/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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imbalance
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/us
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition ofhugeandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhuge imbalance

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There is ahugeimbalancein terms of resources.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There is ahugeimbalancein this country, as there is in other countries, between the capital city and other areas.
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To add to thathugeimbalance, agricultural imports from the richer countries are often cheaper, because of these subsidies, than the same product grown locally.
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But when we compare the free movement of goods with the free movement of workers, we can see that there is ahugeimbalance.
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There will be ahugeimbalancebetween two neighbouring constituencies.
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Is this not a good place to start conventional arms reductions when there is ahugeimbalanceof that kind?
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That is ahugeimbalancewhich is inconsistent with the requirements of any "defensive doctrine".
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That creates ahugeimbalanceand distorts women's patterns of sick leave.
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Thishugeimbalancecaused many of the system's fellow planets also to catasclymically shatter into huge asteroid fields.
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There is ahugeimbalancein these figures.
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Not long ago the common agricultural policy was out of control, the finances were chaotic and the budget had huge imbalances.
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There are still huge imbalances in our legal system and every other aspect of our national life that impacts against the equality and protection of women and their children.
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He started out with small investments in rubber, as there were huge imbalances in supply and demand which he had found through his research.
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