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Meanings of great gaps in English

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Usage of great gaps in English
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The first wave of men had great gaps torn in its length.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
2
Twice the Americans drive them back, ploughing great gaps in their ranks.
Stories of Later American History
3
Moreover, when they were apart, there were great gaps in their correspondence.
Life of Johnson, Volume 1 / 1709-1765
4
Once, two bodies went hurtling upwards toward the great gaps in the sky.
The Sky Is Falling
5
There are great gaps in Irish song to be filled up.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
6
There are great houses left untenanted, and great gaps left unfilled.
North America — Volume 1
7
They indicate The great gaps in our present knowledge of the subject of valency.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
8
I saw that he had great gaps in his mouth between his yellow teeth.
Dubliners
9
The docks had perhaps forty ships, half-protected by a seawall with great gaps in it.
The black prism
10
A hundred guns tore great gaps in their front.
A Brief History of the United States
11
He grinned widely, showing great gaps in his teeth.
Hex and the city
12
True, there are dark places; true, there are great gaps; true, we sometimes think, 'Oh!
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
13
I have been watching you for some time, but there are great gaps in my knowledge.
John Dies at the End
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There were great gaps shorn in the skyline.
The Demolished Man
15
Shrapnel sent down its showers, while the trench walls were opened in great gaps and tossed heavenward.
My Second Year of the War
16
He gave the foe a round of double canister shot, which opened great gaps in their ranks.
School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common