deal of leeway
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdealandleeway
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deal
noun
uk/diːl/us/diːl/
an agreement or an arrangement, especially ...
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leeway
noun[U]
uk/ˈliː.weɪ/us/ˈliː.weɪ/
freedom to act within ...
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(Definition ofdealandleewayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Professional ambitions and demands are given a greatdealofleewayand include treatments and therapies of different kinds.
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We have a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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Certainly, at any rate, this country has a greatdealofleewayto make up because of that.
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There is agreement that our effort has not progressed enough and that we still have a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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In some of the vernacular, yes, but there is still a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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A greatdealofleewayhas to be made up.
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I think we would agree that there is a greatdealofleewayto be made up.
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There is a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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There is, therefore, a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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Secondly, it is reformative, and in that direction there is a gooddealofleewayto be made up.
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But this still leaves a gooddealofleeway.
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In many places we have a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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A gooddealofleewayhas to be made up.
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Now we have a gooddealofleewayto make up.
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There is a gooddealofleewayto make up.
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However, there is a greatdealofleewayto make up when one goes in detail into the budget of the old age pensioner.
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We have a great way to go and a greatdealofleewayto make up.
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To-day, therefore, there is a greatdealofleewayto be made up.
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It is obvious we have a greatdealofleewayto make up before we arrive at that standard.
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There is a greatdealofleewayto be made up with regard to the practical application of the services.
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