enormous gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormousandgap
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
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 ofenormousandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is anenormousgap.
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At the same time, the programme's actuaries were projecting anenormousgapin the system's long-term finances.
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Clearly, there is anenormousgapin our understanding of the neural development of cognitive processes in humans.
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He has anenormousgapto fill.
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After all, there is anenormousgapin this field.
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But all these things are subject to thisenormousgap.
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That leaves anenormousgapto be filled.
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It has filled anenormousgapin recent years.
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There still seems to be anenormousgap.
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That is why there is anenormousgap.
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Anenormousgapexists here in insurance legislation.
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That is great, but there is still anenormousgap.
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Theenormousgapbetween the salaries paid by development projects and those paid by the state also incites government civil servants to seek complementary resources by illegal means.
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The result is that there is anenormousgapwhich, left alone, makes inflation inevitable.
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Of course there is anenormousgapbetween the small receipts and the enormous disbursements.
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We have thisenormousgapin the generations arising from the pace of social change.
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Cost will go up and there will be anenormousgapto be closed somehow.
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There is anenormousgapthat makes a whole nonsense of the statistics.
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The purpose of the clause is to bridge anenormousgap.
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There are still many on the means test today, but anenormousgaphas grown up.
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Of course, it has turned on the question of thisenormousgap.
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There is anenormousgap, and the local authorities must decide how to bridge it.
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It means only that there is anenormousgapin our knowledge.
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There was anenormousgapin provision, and that gap continues.
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We need a permanent system, and that is anenormousgap.
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