Example sentences of "be spread [prep] a wide " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speeds of molecules in a gas are spread over a wide range . |
| 2 | Consideration may need to be given to switching partners or departments to achieve this ; ( 3 ) inevitably , where the activities of a firm are spread over a wide area , problems arise in connection with the basic decision making processwhen , for example , partners ' meetings become more difficult to arrange . |
| 3 | Ireland , again unlike Holland , is a relatively big country and the players are spread over a wide area . |
| 4 | They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more . |
| 5 | Even within London the operations were spread over a wide area with , for example , designers at Greenford , south-east London , fittings in Battersea and pattern-cutting in Kilburn . |
| 6 | an organisation which is spread over a wide geographical area is likely to decentralise authority on a regional basis , so that different cultures might predominate in different regions ; and |