Example sentences of "for a wide [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cluster in European studies provides a flexible means of introducing a European dimension to the school or college curriculum for a wide ability range . |
| 2 | Capricorn , giving that address , had placed insurance policies at Lloyd 's up to £1.1m for a wide variety of categories of objects of art . |
| 3 | This was a showcase for a wide variety of young British musicians and bands currently working outside the mainstream of rock and pop . |
| 4 | As we saw in Chapter 4 , your contract may cater for a wide variety of perks , such as : |
| 5 | Although it is not primarily vocational , the course provides a valuable training in analytical techniques and writing skills which makes it a valuable preparation for a wide variety of careers , including the media , central and local government , and industrial and commercial management . |
| 6 | Employing around 1,600 people , the Works manufactures steel tube for a wide variety of applications in the construction , engineering and energy-related industries worldwide . |
| 7 | The versatile Easi-Stow is suitable for a wide variety of yachts , from minis to 140 ft superyachts . |
| 8 | The Division 's commissioned work in 1990/91 included the continuation of three long-standing programmes for the DTI , a major new contract for UK Nirex Ltd , and many other commissions , old and new , for a wide variety of customers . |
| 9 | But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep . |
| 10 | We are hoping for a wide variety of candidates so that all Catholic life can be represented . |
| 11 | A well-designed easy-to-use electrical tester , which enables d-i-yers to tackle everyday electrical jobs with confidence and safety , the Multi-Check comes complete with simple step-by-step instructions for a wide variety of tests . |
| 12 | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev is probably one of the most well-known of all Soviet aircraft designers and his OKB has been responsible for a wide variety of aircraft types . |
| 13 | In fact , many organisations have reduced this and other functions to such an extent that they use consultants for a wide variety of activities whether it be for strategy advice , for marketing , production , organisation development , training or indeed executive search . |
| 14 | The company sees China , where AT&T recently signed a memo of understanding opening the way for a wide variety of deals as ‘ a huge opportunity ’ for AT&T although prospects depend on political stability and the country 's continued ability to obtain most-favoured-nation trade status . |
| 15 | Mixed arrays can be used for a wide variety of possible applications ranging from monitors for electricity , gas and water metering , sensors for metal detectors and intelligent tags for factory automation systems to heat controls in hair dryers , and power and timing controls in domestic appliances like microwave ovens and coffee machines . |
| 16 | Chain migration on this pattern is reported for a wide variety of people now living in Britain , including those who originated in Italy , Hong Kong , the Punjab and Pakistan ( Palmer , 1977 ; Watson , 1977 ; Ballard , 1979 ; Anwar , 1985 ) . |
| 17 | Group I , centred on the type-locality at Kimberley , has proved an important source for a wide variety of upper-mantle-derived , kimberlite-transported xenoliths ranging from peridotites and dunites , through pyroxenites and eclogites , to amphibole and phlogopite-bearing metasomites and discrete nodules ( megacrysts ) . |
| 18 | It has been used for a wide variety of projects so far . |
| 19 | These organisations are responsible for a wide variety of building and maintenance work , and by the end of the 1970s there had developed widespread concern at the inefficiency and lack of accountability displayed in some areas . |
| 20 | The problem is no less with open-ended exercises and unstructured enquiry projects in humanities work , where the teachers need to anticipate and prepare for a wide variety of student response and reaction . |
| 21 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 22 | And he recommended that most prisons should be ‘ community prisons ’ catering for a wide variety of prisoners from their locality , a prescription which does not seem readily compatible with the notion that this sort of mixture is conducive to disorder . |
| 23 | The homogeneity of the three groups has been reported for a wide variety of preoperative variables including age , sex , type of fluid , allergy , seasonal variation , radiographic determination of the size of the adenoids and postnasal space , and duration of preoperative loss of hearing . |
| 24 | Continuing through the scattered little climatic resort the road leads to the Heiligenschwendi Klinik , a large hospital originally treating respiratory diseases but in more recent times catering for a wide variety of patients . |
| 25 | It can cater for a wide variety of activities , aerobics , badminton , football , martial arts , weight training and 50+ . |
| 26 | Although not an agricultural innovator , he was an astute farmer and businessman : he took great care in selecting seed and breeding stock ; he knew the best markets in the region for a wide variety of products ; and he endeavoured never to miss an opportunity for profit . |
| 27 | Culpeper was famous for his optical instruments , especially microscopes , but also known for a wide variety of mathematical instruments in silver , brass , ivory , and wood , although it is difficult to determine at what point he moved from being a maker to a retailer . |
| 28 | The College has provided an important forum and resource for a wide variety of groups and individuals from working-class backgrounds . |
| 29 | To master the French verb system a series of such drills would have to be constructed for a wide variety of common verbs and their tenses . |
| 30 | The temporary nature of her job , staying only a few weeks at any one place , meant she had met and worked for a wide variety of men . |