Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] a wide [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capacity to use young leaves with a high protein content may have permitted the emergence of large primates in the first place , but primates capable of remembering the sites and fruiting and leafing patterns of a wide variety of plants , could move more directly to such food , when and where available , more efficiently than those searching randomly . |
| 2 | They also want the station to expand in order to be able to transmit programmes to a wider area . |
| 3 | Because of this , the History of Art has contacts with a wide range of other subjects such as political , social and economic history , philosophy , religion , archaeology , anthropology and psychology . |
| 4 | In 1992 , the Board of the Scottish Council for Research in Education , which contains nominees from a wide range of Scottish bodies with an interest in education , agreed to consider priority areas for research and to prepare a brief paper each year . |
| 5 | The centre 's manager , Peter Struthers , said last night : ‘ Since we lost George , my wife Ann and myself had paid numerous visits to pet shops over a wide area , on the off chance that he had been brought along by the two thieves . |
| 6 | SCOTVEC has also been working on a catalogue of extra additional assessments for the first phase of general SVQs , in order to provide candidates with a wider choice of assessments . |
| 7 | In 1265 the papacy had reserved to itself the right to provide candidates to a wide variety of livings in the gift of ecclesiastical patrons and to bishoprics vacated at Rome . |
| 8 | The deformations of the heads of the two right-hand figures are infinitely more radical and extreme and again evoke analogies with a wide range of tribal art which can not be simply fortuitous . |
| 9 | provide targets for a wide population of students ; |
| 10 | Artisoft Inc has announced that LANtastic v5.0 — which adds communications to a wider range of systems , and enhanced network administration , security and printing facilities — is to ship this month . |
| 11 | The University accepts students from a wide range of access courses , and has special links with those offered by Stevenson and Telford Colleges as well as by its own Centre for Continuing Education and Faculty of Divinity . |
| 12 | They can be used to inform others of a wide variety of matters . |
| 13 | ‘ The Streamline English course has proved that it is one of the best , if not the best , methods on the market today to encourage students with a wide spectrum abilities to build up a fluency and accuracy in spoken and written English . |
| 14 | The system 's 10K–450K temperature range attests to its flexibility for cooling samples in a wide range of applications . |
| 15 | This allows rules with a wide variety of realisations to be specified with only a small number of explicit statements . |
| 16 | In addition it is divided into regional and subject groups which organize meetings on a wide variety of topics . |
| 17 | A central shaft connected t a moveable shelf allows canvases across a wide size range to be mounted and also permits variations in the height at which the canvas is carried . |
| 18 | A central shaft connected to a movable shelf allows canvases across a wide size range to be mounted and also permits variations in the height at which the canvas is carried . |
| 19 | ‘ You have the ability to view things on a wide scale . ’ |
| 20 | They hold debates on a wide variety of topics , some of which are squeezed out of the Commons programme through lack of time . |
| 21 | Had this acknowledgement been made , both a high birth-rate and environmental degradation would appear symptoms of a wider malaise . |
| 22 | The teams have similar operational policies , including an open referral system , and accept cases from a wide range of agencies . |
| 23 | He had considered what he would say long and hard , he had had discussions with a wide variety of architects , planners and journalists , eighteen of whom had attended a meeting at Highgrove in September . |
| 24 | The simple addition of a foreign exchange facility to the agreement will provide funds in a wide variety of foreign currencies . |
| 25 | Used to creating and presenting ideas to a wide variety of clients , she 'd grown proud of her capacity to keep her head under pressure , yet from the moment she 'd crossed the threshold of this impressive room she 'd been put at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 26 | Theatre became his first professional ground-base : writing for , appearing in and directing productions for a wide number of companies , including the celebrated York Repertory Group . |
| 27 | Now the problem with that model of proceeding is that you then end up with you can end up with the exploitation of complain procedures for a wide variety of , not all of which you want to countenance , and some of the universities ' and colleges ' experience of trying to run complaint procedures in connection with sexual harassment has been deciding when to try to cool someone down and when a complaint is someone that should be run along with . |
| 28 | It involves learning how to produce and understand sentences in a wide variety of contexts , that is to say how to use language as a resource for communicating with other people . |
| 29 | Indeed Congress will concentrate on debating and deciding issues of a wide spread and common concern to all our members , such as finance , the rulebook including the structure and organization of the union , our political , economical , economic and social policies . |
| 30 | 17.66 The SATs at ages 14 and 16 should provide pupils with a wide choice , but should require them to produce a number of contrasting pieces of writing within both long and short timed tasks and spanning the range from imaginative literary uses of language to the clear and orderly presentation of information and argument . |