Despite the shift in language, the two sides continue to be very far apart on a resolution.

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They are going back because they have no other option, but the two goalposts are very far apart and have been for a long time.

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The parties are very far apart, but they are photographic negatives of each other, arguing about the great issue of the 20th Century: taxation and the size of the state.

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While exluding NGL from Russian figures makes the numbers add up a lot more sensibly, there is still a year-long stretch where the JODI and EIA figures are very far apart.

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And they are very far apart on important questions.

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But there are also more cases to consider if the husband and wife are far apart in age or one has a very early maximum age of death.

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