vast diversity

collocation in English

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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diversity
noun[S or U]
uk
/daɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us
/dɪˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things ...
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(Definition ofvastanddiversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Instead of attempting to design for avastdiversityof contingencies (most of which will never occur), the architect can focus on probable activities not improbable ones.
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What it shows is avastdiversityin the amount, methods and aims of the schools in the survey.
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Avastdiversityof different shapes would do the trick equally well.
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One was always very heavily briefed, both horizontally and vertically, with avastdiversityof alternatives and things called "fallback situations".
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Whilst there was avastdiversityof opinion upstairs, there seems to be much less diversity of opinion here.
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There is avastdiversityof land-based noises which come upon us from every quarter, and overhead we have the aeroplanes.
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Retailing is an intensely competitive business, and the consumer's safeguard lies in the competition provided by thevastdiversityof retail firms, both large and small.
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The most conspicuous fact, of course, about that peninsular continent is thevastdiversityof religions, races and communities, based upon various distinctions, and particularly the enormous complexity of language.
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It would be nice to think that thevastdiversityof problems which all those people are working together to solve could be ameliorated by legislation.
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The process of stepwise adaptation and counteradaptation among the butterflies and hostplants is continuous and createsvastdiversity.
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Within thevastdiversityof metals and metal alloys, many are susceptible to corrosion when implanted in the body.
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Thevastdiversityin pseudosciences further complicates the history of science.
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Thisvastdiversitymakes it difficult for law enforcement to concentrate on any one labor sector and be effective in ending human trafficking.
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This type of speciation adds significance to the importance of selection even though there is avastdiversityof birds.
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Thevastdiversityin pseudosciences further complicates the history of pseudoscience.
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The collection has been praised by fans and in album reviews for the quality of the soundboard recordings, as well as thevastdiversityof tracks featured on the discs.
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Theirvastdiversityof heights, shapes, foliage and flower colour means that this family is commonly used in the design and planting of everything from small gardens to large parks.
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It includes avastdiversityof habitats from ocean sand dune beaches to the sheltered mudflats of the bay, from pristine old growth forests to open saltgrass meadows.
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