immense distance

collocation in English

meaningsofimmenseanddistance

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immense
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmens/us
/ɪˈmens/
extremely large in size ...
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distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofimmenseanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We must realise that there is still animmensedistanceto go in increasing the confidence which must exist for effective policing.
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They were transported over animmensedistance.
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A nuclear attack, far outside the range of total destruction, is going to start sporadic fires by heat radiation animmensedistanceaway from the burst.
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The units were obviously travelling immense distances, several hundred miles between locations.
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The demand for the hospital is reflected in the immense distances that parents were prepared to travel, or to have a child transported, in order to give it up.
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The needs of remote rural communities are sufficiently strong to require a considerable number of representatives, so that the immense distances can be effectively covered.
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That is the extreme difficulty of rapid movement of troops and air forces over immense distances and in the rapidly changing circumstances of war.
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At the present time one often hears of contracts being placed at immense distances from each other, obviously increasing the difficulties of transport.
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I would just point out that if thisblocof world neutrality was formed, both those countries would be separated by immense distances.
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That was because of the immense distances and the great difficulties in the way of any reorganisation on senior school lines.
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Not only are these territories poor, but they do not get as much attention as other places because of the immense distances involved.
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There is no reason why this should not come in the course of time, but something must be done to bridge the immense distances that separate the islands.
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She had covered immense distances in her travels, by air, sea, rail, road, on horseback and by foot.
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Only a species that could fly or swim immense distances could reach the archipelago.
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Many other sounds give the impressions of quiet computers, signals travelling immense distances, garbled radio transmissions, and electrical energies.
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Individuals may be tracked by satellites for immense distances, for the lifetime of the transmitter battery.
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He also has goggles that enable him to see in infra-red and ultra-violet radiation, and for immense distances.
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