The phrase "a startling gap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant difference or disparity that is surprising or unexpected.
Example: "The study revealed a startling gap in the educational achievements between urban and rural students."
Alternatives: "a shocking disparity" or "an alarming difference".
Jupiter Research figures show a startling gap between the two income extremes.
What some critics have called a startling gap in the law has gnawed at counterterrorism officials for years.
By contrast, final-salary schemes remain alive and expensively kicking in the public sector.That has caused a startling gap to open up in coverage.
Sword's analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce.
It says the emission discrepancy in 2010 is equivalent to about 5% of the total global output (in 2008).In this section The brutal truth Warmed-up numbers No free kicks ReprintsThe authors, a team of scientists from China, Britain and America, found that when comparing national and provincial statistics between 1997 and 2010 a startling gap appeared.
"And all too many of your speeches have revealed a startling gap between what appears on the teleprompter and what lies in your heart," the editorial continued.
And while most of the world has closed its education gap, the global economic participation gap totals 40% and a startling 83% gap in political empowerment remains.
But at least Jarvis Cocker, who headlined the festival with Pulp, was on hand to point out the occasionally startling gap between the concept of a music festival and a luxury ship, the Celebrity Silhouette, sailing between Florida and the Bahamas.
But Paul scored the Clippers' final 8 points, a 3-point attempt by Bryant went in and out in the final minute, and the Clippers ended up with their second victory over the Lakers in two meetings this season, pushing the startling gap between the teams a little wider.
In Louisiana, where I live and work, women working fulltime are paid 65percentt of what men are paid, a startling 35percentt gap.
She didn't blame him for the startling gap in their pay; in her eyes, Scarborough had just secured a better deal for himself.
