Example sentences of "widely as " in BNC.

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1 The student would need to read as widely as possible in different kinds of poetry , to learn something about literary history , genre , and convention , and to acquire the practical-critical skills of close reading .
2 Criminals and other trouble-makers are referred to widely as ‘ gougers ’ : ‘ there are basically two types of people .
3 The Bible has long been recognized as a composite work spanning many centuries , not some kind of monolithic whole , and whilst opinions differ widely as to the precise dating ( and methods of dating ) of its constituent parts , it remains the case that a book , or indeed a chapter , may lie in the received text next to a verse or chapter some several centuries removed in compositional/redactional terms from its neighbour .
4 He beamed widely as he was helped down the steps and said to me : ‘ O , gib 's nichts mehr ’ ( Do n't give us any more ) .
5 It highlights our determination to spread opportunity as widely as possible .
6 Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible .
7 Consequently , part of their strategy was to diffuse the leadership of the movement as widely as possible .
8 When darkness fell , the men drove off up the escarpment and made for the rendezvous , spreading themselves out as widely as possible .
9 Circulate them as widely as possible .
10 She smiled widely as she shook her head , saying , ‘ No , you are not mistaken , sir ; and I am not one of twins .
11 It should be available in libraries and as widely as possible , because the principles expressed are significant well beyond the field of boron chemistry .
12 This has taken a number of forms and has not spread as widely as some of its supporters might have hoped .
13 Opinions vary widely as to safety of various pieces of large apparatus .
14 Evidence of extent of planning programmes varied as widely as did descriptions of training undertaken .
15 The financial problems of the elderly differ from one person to another as widely as do their health problems , so it is not possible to lay down any hard and fast rules , or to produce any magical solutions .
16 Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation .
17 A weekly Burmese paper called Khit Thit was also published and distributed as widely as possible throughout the country .
18 ‘ A free and independent society is one in which the ownership of property is spread as widely as possible ’ according to the 1983 Conservative Election Manifesto .
19 A free and independent society is one in which the ownership of property is spread as widely as possible …
20 Mozart was by no means forgotten after his death : on the contrary , his reputation continued to spread widely as his music became available through publications and performances of the operas ( especially The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni ) .
21 He found himself smiling widely as he went to obey her and for a moment he felt he had dropped into a home which was familiar to him .
22 ‘ Anti bourgeois liberalism ’ read widely as anti anything since the end of the Cultural Revolution , could have brought back policies which the pragmatists in the government had hoped were gone forever .
23 Stand up straight and circle both arms as widely as possible first forwards and then backwards .
24 Mainstream social administration opinion , inevitably constrained by fiscal orthodoxy , political considerations , and the wage structure , argued that the relaxations of means-testing which were introduced in 1924 had , in Wilson and Mackay 's somewhat disingenuous verdict , ‘ extended non-contributory pensions as widely as the system permitted ’ .
25 Thus , both radicals and élitists have severely shaken the early certainty about the worthwhileness of attempts to disseminate liberal culture as widely as teachers ' skills and school conditions permitted .
26 The purpose of these ports was to spread out American naval forces so that a sneak attack could not cripple the fleet , although others suggested that their intent was actually to spread the pork as widely as possible .
27 He put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and grinned widely as they started off .
28 AIS is an information service with a job , and that is to spread its precious data as widely as possible in order to make aviation safer for us all .
29 By treating his subject as widely as possible , by seeing it in terms of the history of war , rather than as the more narrowly defined military history , the modern student will come to understand it in its many facets and complexities .
30 On occasions the fruits of such temporalities were earmarked for particular royal projects or expenditure , such as the building of the Welsh castles , and the temptation was for the king to define ‘ temporalities ’ ever more widely as his burdens increased .
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