7 sentences with 'gap'
Example sentences and phrases with the word gap and other words derived from it.
• « Despite the wide social gap between nobility and commoners, many nobles were perfectly happy to form working relationships with useful social inferiors, and in some cases real friendships emerged in the process. »
• « Recognising the huge gap between the Soviet Union's industrial capacity and that of the West, Stalin also introduced the Five-Year Plans, which set sky-high production quotas for heavy industry. Although these quotas were never actually met and thousands died in the frenzy of industrial growth, the Five-Year Plans (three of which took place before the outbreak of World War II) managed on the whole to achieve near parity with the Western powers in terms of industrial capacity. »
• « As the faster cars passed Canipe, Narkey Terry pulled in behind the Beretta and stuck so close to it that he barely left a gap between the two vehicles. It was an aggressive way of responding to Canipe's dangerous snail's pace, and the first act of a tense drama. »
• « "If I were Terry," says Stephanie Faul, communications director for the American Automobile Association's Foundation for Traffic Safety, "I would have kept my distance from the car and waited for a gap to open up before passing on the right. We should never try to teach someone else a lesson. »
• « "Over time, an emotional distance develops, and then it becomes difficult to bridge the gap. Some couples stop trying, and then conflicts arise," explains psychotherapist Shapiro. »
• « The young people of this century are living very different lifestyles from those of their parents; this gap between generations has increased dramatically thanks to technological advances. »
• « He believed that urban life widened the gap between a wealthy few and an underclass of landless working poor who, because of their downtrodden status, could never be good Republican landowners. Rural areas, by contrast, offered far greater opportunities for property and virtue. »