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The phrase "a substantial deficit and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing financial matters, economic conditions, or any context where a significant shortfall is being addressed.
Example: "The report highlighted a substantial deficit and the need for immediate budgetary adjustments."
Alternatives: "a significant shortfall and" or "a considerable gap and".
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As previously mentioned, a default on some of its debts would have dire consequences but the prospects for sustainable financial solvency appear weak with such a substantial deficit and the habits of borrowers and lenders not much improved.
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"We had just overcome a pretty substantial deficit, and I was concerned about, we had a protection issue last time that we were down there," Martz said.
And we also ran a substantial deficit in "unilateral transfers," which includes things like money that immigrant workers send home.
In fact those runs were important to ensure that the home side had a substantial deficit.
Its task is complicated by a lack of overhead funds from its donors which has led to a substantial deficit.
Administration officials, he said, were the "walking, breathing example of fiscal irresponsibility," having turned a large federal budget surplus into a substantial deficit.
For all the talk of austerity, Britain still has a substantial deficit of 4.5% of GDP (worse than France, a country British people are fond of lecturing).
Cooke's fight for her gold medal was a dramatic one: she was lying fourth just under three miles into the race, 13 seconds behind the leader, a substantial deficit over such a distance.
For several months oil prices have hovered at $40 per barrel or below, but the Iraqi budget assumes a $50 per barrel price, making a substantial deficit all but inevitable later this year.
The Warburg is believed to be running at a substantial deficit, which critics believe is largely because the university increased the buildings charge for its premises some years ago.
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