large discrepancy
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeanddiscrepancy
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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discrepancy
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrep.ən.si/us/dɪˈskrep.ən.si/
a difference between two things that should be ...
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(Definition oflargeanddiscrepancyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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During middle age, however, there is alargediscrepancy.
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Thislargediscrepancybetween the percentage of subjects who passed and failed suggests that over 95% of the subjects had normal color vision.
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The commission's own comparison of redemption values and current land prices revealed alargediscrepancy.
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There is clearly alargediscrepancybetween the rationale behind the employment of teachers and the reality.
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For sorghum, thelargediscrepancybetween hand- and machine-harvested estimates was due to lateseason precipitation that flattened the maturing crop.
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However, this overall result masks alargediscrepancybetween what matters at different levels of income and development.
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Transport in dense matter of relativistic electrons while in the case of plastic, there is alargediscrepancy, showing a strong inhibition.
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Unfortunately, there is alargediscrepancybetween what parents would like and feel they ought to do and what actually gets done.
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In the case of plastic, there is instead alargediscrepancy, the numerical predictions being 690 6 20 mm.
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Therefore, a relativelylargediscrepancybetween final policy outcomes and the positions voiced by some interest groups does not necessarily serve as an indication of their weakness.
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There is potentially alargediscrepancyin the next pay round.
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The answer is that thelargediscrepancyis accounted for by refits to ships of that class?
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At all events there is alargediscrepancybetween £40,000,000 and £610,000,000.
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As he said earlier, there is alargediscrepancybetween what is supposed to be landed and what is landed.
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Such alargediscrepancycalls for the most radical thinking; and the longer such thinking is delayed, the more difficult will be the solution.
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It is in the infant mortality rate that there is still alargediscrepancy.
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The concern expressed in the report about thelargediscrepancybetween commitments and payments in the structural funds is partly justified.
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Those conditions, along with the real need for fresh milk, have created alargediscrepancyin relation to the existing reference amount.
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Admittedly, that may not be a cut through granite, but it seems alargediscrepancyto me.
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