yawning gap
collocation in Englishmeaningsofyawningandgap
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yawning
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈjɔː.nɪŋ/us/ˈjɑː.nɪŋ/
used to describe a difference or amount that is extremely large and difficult ...
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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 ofyawningandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When is there ayawninggapand when is there not ayawninggap?
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There is ayawninggap.
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There is a simple explanation for thisyawninggapbetween image and actuality.
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There is indeed ayawninggap.
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It leaves a greatyawninggap.
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There is an awful,yawninggap.
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There is a greatyawninggap.
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There must be anotheryawninggapthere.
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There is, however, ayawninggapbetween rhetoric and reality.
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There is ayawninggapbetween the two sides.
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There is still ayawninggapas regards finance.
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Nevertheless, there is ayawninggapbetween rhetoric and reality.
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First, he has thisyawninggapin front of him.
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He filled ayawninggapin our debate on agriculture.
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Unfortunately, there is ayawninggapin the legislation.
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There is ayawninggapin that list.
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At present there is ayawninggapin planning control.
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There is clearly ayawninggapin the law.
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A good book, therefore, but one which does not fully bridge theyawninggapbetween social theorising and investigative research on 'risk society'.
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The continent has slipped so far behind other developing regions in terms of development indicators that theyawninggapsometimes seems to defy rational explanation.
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They experienced what we have experienced all along—theyawninggapbetween rhetoric and practice.
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That is the secondyawninggapof which we have heard today.
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At the moment there is ayawninggapin industrial health services.
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Microshape is one such success story, having brilliantly bridged theyawninggapbetween innovation and marketing.
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Theyawninggapbetween low incomes and high incomes has widened.
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