significant gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantandgap
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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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 ofsignificantandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsignificant gap
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This causes asignificantgapbetween theory and practice.
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This book addresses asignificantgapin current research.
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This book is to be warmly welcomed as it fills asignificantgapin student texts.
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Was the settlement immediately reoccupied or was there asignificantgap?
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This is asignificantgapin the criminal justice history of this period for several reasons.
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There is already asignificantgapin funding.
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Under the present funding structure there is asignificantgap.
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There is already asignificantgapbetween production and consumption.
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Anothersignificantgapis connected with company mergers and rationalisation.
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In an effort to redress thissignificantgapin the literature, in this study we adopt a multiplelevel perspective on resilience in maltreated children.
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In addition, the concurrent examination of dissociation and false recall for self-referent stimuli addresses asignificantgapin the false memory literature among maltreated children.
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It also brought to light asignificantgapbetween the goal from the teacher's point of view and from that of the child.
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But that would still leave asignificantgapbetween supply and demand.
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Anysignificantgapbetween a referendum and joining the single currency would undermine the referendum's conclusion.
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Although there has been an enormous amount of catching up, there is still asignificantgap.
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All of this is good news, but there is asignificantgapwhich must be filled.
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Although we have been able to make some progress, there is still asignificantgap.
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When those three stations close, asignificantgapwill have to be filled.
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I must say that there is asignificantgapwhich causes me some anxiety.
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The programme would lead to nosignificantgapif the schemes went ahead as planned.
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There is asignificantgapbetween our initial ambitions and what we have actually achieved.
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This begins to fill asignificantgapin what we know about this basic need.
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There must be nosignificantgapbetween decisions on stage 1 and stage 2.
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Firstly, there is thesignificantgapbetween the ambitions in the general strategy and the action plan itself.
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