ever-widening gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgap
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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 ofgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is there not anever-wideninggapbetween the precept and the practice?
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Why do you not say quite clearly that theever-wideninggapbetween rich and poor is no longer acceptable?
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Theever-wideninggapin our defences is the size, strength and age of our surface fleet.
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But the real problem for the soldier is the shortage of money and theever-wideninggapbetween the pay of soldiers and civilians.
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I think we must make a sincere and sustained effort to narrow what seems to be anever-wideninggapbetween the rich and the poor.
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There is indeed anever-wideninggapbetween the number of officers that forces are in theory allowed and the reality on the streets.
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There is anever-wideninggapbetween the annual growth of the rate base and the rise in local government expenditure.
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That is simply an indication of thisever-wideninggap.
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A very notable feature about our economic activities in the past six years has been the ever-wideninggapbetween what the consumer has to pay and what the producer gets.
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But the trend of anever-wideninggapcannot go on for ever, especially if other parts of the balance of payments are going the same way.
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It has said that there is a need to concentrate on managing theever-wideninggapbetween the time when the tunnel opens and when the rail link begins to operate.
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In spite of this, the debt continues to grow exponentially, and there is consequently an ever-wideninggapbetween these countries and the industrialised countries, which often behave like unscrupulous moneylenders.
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