First, there is a wide disparity between industry standards in rural and urban areas.

首先，城镇和农村的行业标准严重不平衡。

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That may seem a distant prospect today, but there already is a wide disparity in the public finances of individual member states.

虽然今天看来这种局面似乎还很遥远，但欧元区各成员国的公共财政状况目前已经存在巨大差距。

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Signing a legal document of this type could be helpful if the couple owns substantial assets or if there is a wide disparity in income or wealth between the two members of the couple.

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While this is understandable considering that there is a wide disparity of income per capita between the two nations, as more consumers in China, or for that matter any emerging nation, see an increase in buying power as the country develops, the demand for smartphones will increase exponentially.

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There is also a wide disparity between the sexes, with 4.04 million men playing regular sport compared to only 2.81 million women.

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