stretch of imagination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstretchandimagination
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stretch
noun
uk/stretʃ/us/stretʃ/
a continuous area of land ...
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imagination
noun
uk/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the ability to form pictures in ...
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(Definition ofstretchandimaginationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the wildeststretchofimaginationone could not say that such an average cost is too much to pay for the education service.
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It extends to other unions, the members of which can by nostretchofimaginationbe described as skilled men.
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It cannot by anystretchofimaginationbe said to disclose a comprehensive service.
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I do not see how by any conceivablestretchofimaginationone could say that this subsection covers the matter.
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By nostretchofimaginationcan it be described as a company that is in difficulties.
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By nostretchofimaginationcould this be called an area of outstanding natural beauty.
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By nostretchofimaginationcould he be described as ignorant or innocent.
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This concession is so palpably silly that it cannot by anystretchofimaginationbe made to mean anything whatever.
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I do not think that by anystretchofimaginationthat matter arises out of the question.
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It is obvious that the unarmed soldiers, returning to their barracks, were attacked by persons who by nostretchofimaginationcould be called innocent.
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First, no one, by anystretchofimagination, can claim that this sale was devised with service families uppermost in mind.
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That is not securing unity of command, and by nostretchofimaginationcould it be so described.
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This by nostretchofimaginationcould be considered as a large percentage.
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They must know that any election which takes place at the present time cannot by anystretchofimaginationbe assumed to represent the electorate.
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Can we measure, even with the greateststretchofimagination, what the circumstances are in those homes?
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Can this, therefore, by anystretchofimaginationbe called an over-riding of the wishes of the governors?
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We all know that by nostretchofimaginationcan local authority expenditure normally be compartmentalised in the retail price index.
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I do not think that by anystretchofimaginationyou could call tithe a piece of land.
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That sort of argument cannot by the wideststretchofimaginationbe used to justify or counterbalance the inhumanity of organised starvation.
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It takes a very greatstretchofimaginationto expand that into what is now being pictured, namely, the establishment of general municipal trading.
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