Example sentences of "[coord] [art] wide [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The ground would either be that he was expressly absolved from his duty , or the wider ground of Elliott 's , that further treatment was useless .
2 Do you prefer to put , do you , do you prefer the narrow gap or the wider gap ?
3 The fact that the social desirability of not appearing to be prejudiced is linked in discourse to its expression means that an analysis of the ideology , or the wider pattern of ideas , should not avoid the theme of ‘ prejudice ’ .
4 Women suffer a dual burden of work inside and outside the home and the strains experienced by working mothers have not been eased by offers of help either from male partners or the wider community and the state .
5 But judged by the needs of the collectivity — whether the union or the wider community of working men and women — union education has a number of deficiencies :
6 In the instant case the words of section 6(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 that fall to be construed , ‘ provision in relation to … retirement ’ , without any undue straining of the ordinary meaning of the language used , are capable of bearing either the narrow meaning accepted by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or the wider meaning preferred by the Court of Appeal but acknowledged by that court to be largely a matter of first impression .
7 They spoke of ‘ an increasing displacement of the traditional curriculum in favour of new and artificial subjects ’ ; and they concluded that instead of such ‘ infantilizing ’ nonsense , ‘ the difficult subjects of the traditional curriculum are … the thing that is required if a child is to obtain either the competence necessary for a successful adult life , or the wider understanding and enriched experience which are the greatest benefits of education ’ .
8 It is in their faith in " ordinary " people , whose qualities were far from ordinary in Wordsworth 's eyes , that we find the justification for political demands for popular power or a wider franchise .
9 Instrumental neutron activation is still selected most frequently because of its sensitivity , accuracy and the wide range of elements which can be measured in a single sample .
10 The Urban Development Corporations and the wide range of central government grants have helped to regenerate many of our inner city areas .
11 And the wide range of economical cooking methods and equally wide range of colours and styles make it easy to choose the right oven for you .
12 The effect of these various imperfections is to cede to companies a zone of discretion in relation to products and prices and the wide range of factors connected with the production process .
13 This is not persuasive where directors do not pay their own premiums , however , and in any case the difficulties faced by insurers in distinguishing high risk from low risk directors ( i.e. performing the monitoring function ) are considerable , given the low visibility of the management decision-making process and the wide range of functions that a director may be called upon to perform .
14 Similarly , comparisons between northern and southern populations of land animals reflect the many more opportunities for polar recruitment , and the wide range of available niches , to be found in the Arctic .
15 The convenience of major shopping developments and the wide range of goods and produce they provide in a concentrated location , must be judged in future against wider environmental and social criteria .
16 Before printing , you can rotate the image , alter its height/width , adjust the print shades , position on the page , and the wide range of options even extends to control of printer styles .
17 The MSG is distinguished by the breadth of its interests and the wide range of its membership .
18 It may be that the oleoresins of the dipterocarps have an effect on the bacteria of the fore-stomach of colobines and it is now necessary to study the interaction of these bacteria with fibre and the wide range of tannins , some of which shield protein from degradation in the fore-stomach , or denature them so as to enhance proteolysis .
19 We now have the challenge of a marvellous opportunity for the physical re-establishment of N C V O for years to come , in premises which will fully meet the needs both of its staff , and the wide range of visitors it attracts .
20 There has , however , been considerable unease amongst institutions as to the complexity of the rule books , the cost of regulation , and the wide range of regulators involved within the system .
21 The old , old fashion ! ( 2 ) The fashion that came in with our first garments , and will last unchanged until our race has run its course , and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll ( 3 ) .
22 They walked together up the slope from the gate , passing the long high wall of Brooke Parker 's chemical works and the wide opening that led to the top of Thorpe Street .
23 None the less , the enthusiasm aroused by the report and the wide support it achieved among Labour politicians , sections of the Conservative Party and a broad spectrum of opinion led to a series of government White Papers in 1944 organised by the Minister of Reconstruction , Lord Woolton .
24 On goes the road in a series of turns and twists and interesting situations , with intriguing glimpses of the coast and the wide sweep of Eddrachillis Bay , and then the vast seascape is fully revealed as the road comes alongside the lovely Clashnessie Bay , bounded and sheltered in the west by a peninsula that thrusts far out to sea and ends at the rocky Point of Stoer .
25 Past a gateway , and the wide gate had long ago subsided , and the driveway was leaf-scattered and weeded , and there was a house way back behind beech trees and the trunks of the trees were running green with water .
26 Pictures and illustrations were used big , and the wide column layout packed a lot of words on the page .
27 The association says the new surge of interest comes from people wanting to buy early in the New Year to take advantage of lower interest rates , bargain prices and the wide selection of property on offer .
28 This year the prize table was especially attractive and the wide variety of ‘ white elephants ’ presented quite a problem of which to choose for the higher scoring competitors .
29 Although intonation has been extensively studied in the last few decades , detailed descriptions of all but a handful of well-known languages are few , and the wide variety of theoretical assumptions which underlie them makes comparison difficult .
30 There was a lively trade in most of the decorations and the wide array of aeronautica offered .
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