vast gap

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandgap

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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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 ofvastandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvast gap

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There is still thisvastgapof £37,000,000 which has to be made up.
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There is avastgapbetween some newspaper campaigns, and what actually happens.
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What are the reasons for thevastgapbetween our intentions and the reality which is expressed in these statistics?
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When those figures are brought together, they reveal thevastgapbetween well-off areas and deprived areas.
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Unfortunately rights are sometimes threatened by environmental conditions and by thevastgapbetween rich and poor.
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We must consider the facts of the situation and realise that in this part of our social services there is avastgap.
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However, there is avastgapbetween the tightest lower bounds and the tightest upper bounds.
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The 70th week is separated from the 69th week by avastgapof over nineteen centuries.
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The alreadyvastgapof wealth between the rich elite and the mass poor had grown even more.
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He explained the apparent stability of the human stock by pointing to thevastgapin cranial capacities between humans and the great apes.
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