substantial gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandgap
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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gap
noun
uk/ɡæp/us/ɡæp/
an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This represents asubstantialgapbetween current and optimal treatment for anxiety disorders.
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This volume fills asubstantialgapby offering a series of individual country studies.
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A furthersubstantialgapin our knowledge concerns the degree to which these findings would apply to girls.
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In the mid-1990s, there was asubstantialgap.
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Last year there was asubstantialgapbetween total supplies and our average pre-war supplies.
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At the very least there will be asubstantialgapbefore possible ratification.
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They are empowered to make reasonable charges to the families concerned, but, understandably, there is often asubstantialgap.
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I believe that there is asubstantialgapin our welfare law in respect particularly of wild mammals.
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There is asubstantialgapbetween the cost of operating vehicles and the revenue derived from them.
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Sometimes there is asubstantialgapbetween arrest and charging, and the occasion when the matter comes before a court.
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The case law shows asubstantialgapbetween the average tariffs imposed and the one that we are suggesting.
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We can argue about the size of the gap, but there is asubstantialgapwhich is indefensible.
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There is asubstantialgap, but we are recruiting at four times the pre-war level over the whole field.
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The department's projections suggest asubstantialgapbetween demand and indigenous supply by the end of the century.
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Its removal, by any stretch of the imagination, will leave asubstantialgapin the musical life of the country.
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All the reports that have been produced show asubstantialgapbetween the number of people available and the vacancies.
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The reason is partly to do with the fact that we now have asubstantialgapbetween ratepayers and voters.
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There is still asubstantialgapbetween the sum of her benefits and the charges being levied.
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The first of these three elements is that there is asubstantialgapbetween payments made by parents and the average cost to public funds.
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It would not be protected where there is asubstantialgapin the period before the operational centre was constructed or became operational.
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However, even if local authorities freeze expenditure there will be asubstantialgap, and there can be no doubt about that.
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As he says, it will get no worse, but there will still be asubstantialgapbetween the pension and the means test.
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I cannot pledge that they will be simultaneous to the day, but there will be nosubstantialgapin time between the two things.
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Will he understand that there is asubstantialgapbetween those who are eligible for these benefits and those who take them up?
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There really is a verysubstantialgapbetween what that ferry is likely to earn in the foreseeable future and what it is actually doing.
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