stark reality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstarkandreality
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stark
adjective
uk/stɑːk/us/stɑːrk/
empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is ...
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reality
noun
uk/riˈæl.ə.ti/us/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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(Definition ofstarkandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Besides, thestarkrealityis that if the meal is not prepared, the patient will not be sustained and may even die.
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This compressed meaning of ' public ' disguised thestarkrealityof limited access and partial publicity.
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All too often, however, the use of this term has clouded thestarkrealityof what social exclusion actually means for both clients and service providers.
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That is thestarkrealityof the present situation and as a country we must tackle it without further delay.
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We can afford to face thestarkreality.
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This is thestarkrealityof the situation.
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I hope that our legitimate concern with our own welfare will not blind us to thisstarkreality.
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They give to those who carry their message thestarkrealityof the problem facing the industry as a whole.
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The situation is serious and future loss of life on both sides—by accident or design—is astarkreality.
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The problem in some countries is that they are avoiding thestarkrealitythat the world economy is changing and will continue to change.
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Its significance has come intostarkrealityduring the recess.
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It is thestarkrealityof that possibility that draws attention to all that is being done in the field to-day.
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They obscure thestarkrealitythat development area policy has failed.
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He has, however, astarkrealityto confront.
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Thestarkreality, as opposed to all the rhetoric about assisting small firms, is contained in the figures for company liquidations.
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We should come down to thestarkreality.
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Thestarkrealitybehind the propaganda, which has been paid for by our rates and taxes, is that we pay more and get much less.
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That is thestarkrealitywith which we are faced.
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The work force accepts thestarkrealityof the company's position and sees co-operation as the only possible road to success.
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No amount of fine words and glossy pamphlets can hide thatstarkreality.
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