Example sentences of "[is] wider than " in BNC.

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1 I 'd thought you know it 's wider than that .
2 Even if you got it further it 's wider than the stairway which is only two foot six and the r wardrobe 's three foot .
3 It 's , it 's wider than this room , and it 's easily from here to the end of the kitchen .
4 Select a straight board which is wider than the base and use it to tamp down the concrete …
5 Ranging from London to Melanesia , Eliot 's artist 's vision is wider than Arnold 's .
6 But the gap between net farm income and land values is wider than ever .
7 The British have proved once more that the Channel is wider than the Atlantic . ’
8 The physiotherapist needs at least one plinth ( treatment couch ) , which , at about 40 inches ( about 1 metre ) , is wider than a manipulation couch , which is usually about 24 inches ( 60cm ) wide .
9 Though the practical includes the technological , it is wider than that .
10 Although there is much social and occupational mobility , and our choice of marriage partner is wider than it used to be , we are obviously most likely to meet and continue acquaintance with people used to similar standards of living , values and expectations .
11 This is wider than the scope of present UK law .
12 Although the range of benefits to which the elderly and those caring for them are entitled is still inadequate to meet every need , it is wider than some realise .
13 As mentioned , the 650's neck is wider than the company 's usual 1″ , this time echoing Gibson 's most popular models at 1″ .
14 The term is wider than motor vehicle and has been held to include a bicycle
15 The Minch , which separates the island from the mainland of Scotland , is wider than the English Channel and much rougher .
16 To give you more room to relax , it is wider than before with greater leg room .
17 You will be advised however , if you enter an unworkable measurement , such as a neck width that is wider than the shoulder to shoulder width , or a sleeve head that is too big for the armhole for example .
18 However , it is possible that the attractiveness of law as a symbol for the peace movement is wider than the specific associations with international law and the control of violence .
19 So far as service delivery is concerned , the gap is wider than the traditional division between medical and social needs .
20 Yet , as I write , the differential between runs scored and runs conceded is wider than that of any other county .
21 Alternatively , an unwilling respondent may claim that the dispute is wider than that presented to the forum , in that third parties are involved , and that the claim should not be considered in their absence .
22 This freedom of navigation is wider than innocent , or even transit , passage .
23 Thus contempt is wider than simply breach of any of Parliament 's privileges but can consist of any conduct which interferes with the workings of Parliament or is likely to bring Parliament or its members into disrepute .
24 What examination of the rhetoric of the National Front magazines shows is that this tradition is wider than the beliefs of the individual editors .
25 Their catalogues contain fewer items , but the range of publications is wider than at the turn of the century .
26 In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas .
27 If your pelmet is wider than one width of fabric , and to avoid an obvious central seam , you should make joins on the pelmet fabric and lining either side of a central panel , with a plain seam pressed open , and match any pattern .
28 Their role is wider than just being producers of good-quality meat .
29 Because the world is wider than my thought
30 A screwdriver would fall within this definition , which is wider than that in s.1(4) , Prevention of Crime Act 1953 , in relation to offensive weapons , for it includes incapacitating articles such as handcuffs and , as suggested by the Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , p.128 , rope ( to tie up security guards ) .
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