considerable distance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableanddistance
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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distance
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.təns/us/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reader is thus given criticism of a paper at aconsiderabledistancefrom their reading of it.
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From where we are to where we want to be is aconsiderabledistance.
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Usually this concerns an exchange between neighbouring groups, but female graves have been found at aconsiderabledistancefrom their area of origin.
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Such noncompliance again demonstrates theconsiderabledistancethat still needs to be traveled in order to reduce discrimination and stigma at the level of policy.
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Their irregular configurations offer accessibility to spaces set back at aconsiderabledistancefrom the street.
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Similar issues arise, but more frequently, when settlement and residence parishes were separated by aconsiderabledistance.
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Patients must often travel aconsiderabledistanceto have access to certain services.
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During adolescence, then, it would appear that there isconsiderabledistancebetween the ego, ' the real me ' as available to consciousness, and the masks adopted.
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In all, there isconsiderabledistanceto travel if the gap in effect sizes between research therapies and clinic therapies is to be bridged.
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With respect to yam nutrition field trials, the findings indicate that aconsiderabledistanceis required to separate fertilizer treatments.
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Unlike many modern editions, the music is expansively presented in a typeface large enough to be viewed and even performed at aconsiderabledistance.
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In this way the island's nutrient effect on the ocean may extend for aconsiderabledistance.
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In the middle of the sea he spotted two floating icebergs, one small and one large, separated by aconsiderabledistance.
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The boats were equipped with quiet four stroke engines and were aconsiderabledistanceaway.
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