Example sentences of "[v-ing] a wide range of " in BNC.

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1 On the spot news from all over the world and this country — weekly programmes tackling a wide range of issues and stories with originality — and a wide range of programme formats to appeal to a wider audience .
2 Focus is on listening to and understanding a wide range of accents .
3 Some years ago The Sunday Times invited parents ( representing a wide range of social backgrounds ) to list the things which they felt to be significant for their children in their years of primary schooling .
4 Against these criticisms , the Royal Commission noted that it had heard from ‘ witnesses representing a wide range of interests a great many tributes to the integrity of the police ’ .
5 Employing a wide range of styles and settings , this vibrant collection demonstrates the continuing power of the short story to surprise , disturb and entertain .
6 DFD-derived Parallel Software Development : Enabling a wide range of non-computer specialists to exploit the power and flexibility of parallel systems ; explicitly identifying the needs and requirements of the non-computer specialist and providing tools able to allow them , with minimal technical support , to experiment with parallel computing systems .
7 The secondary market contributes to the primary market by enabling a wide range of institutions to participate in underwriting new issues .
8 At London 's Charing Cross Hospital , consultant cardiologist Peter Nixon has devised a rehabilitation programme incorporating a wide range of physical and psychological stress management strategies .
9 One of the most notable and significant aspects of the more complex societies which emerged in the course of modern history has been the extent to which social life has been moulded by associations of private persons concerned with promoting a wide range of activities from local government , education , the professions , the arts and sports to a widening area of hobbies and pursuits .
10 Apart from developing a wide range of trading opportunities , the newly-United Kingdom was acquiring a position of great strength at sea and some military importance on land .
11 The RMCs were seen as perhaps the major vehicle for such provision and it is encouraging that they are beginning to make a substantial contribution by developing a wide range of in-service short courses and workshops , which in some areas are showing signs of laying the foundation for longer qualification-based programmes .
12 Contributing to this attitude is the recognition that public relations is a growth industry serving a wide range of interests in our society .
13 Finally , as Astbury comments , libraries would claim to contribute the critical component in the market , to provide the counterweight to bestsellerdom , and to contribute substantially to sustaining a wide range of serious books .
14 Clinton will spend the next few days meeting a wide range of individuals but will not announce any appointments to his administration until he feels comfortable , said spokeswoman DeeDee Myers .
15 The city also has may famous museums comprising a wide range of art collections : the Mauritshuis with its remarkable range of Dutch Masters including Rembrandt , Vermeer and Jan Steen or the Panorama Mesdag offering a stunning 360 degree artists view of sand , sea and sun .
16 ‘ Core and cluster ’ is thus not a visible ‘ village ’ but , rather , an invisible administrative structure comprising a wide range of facilities of differing sizes and levels of staffing to suit a spectrum of disabilities .
17 There are over 100 shops in the Quarter , selling a wide range of beautiful jewellery , clocks and watches , often at very competitive prices .
18 The new shop on Grosvenor Road in Ripley will be known as ‘ Town Station ’ and will be selling a wide range of toys and souvenirs during the lead up to Christmas .
19 The Conwy Castle Information Centre includes not only a tourist information centre but a shop selling a wide range of quality gifts and publications together with an exhibition on Edward I and his castles in Wales .
20 Manufacturers selling a wide range of products over a wide geographical area to a market numbered in millions would find it prohibitively expensive to set up their own Highstreet stores , even if they were permitted to proliferate in this way .
21 In the UK , W.H. Smiths , once consisting of a modest number of bookselling outlets , is now one of Europe 's largest retail chains , aggressively selling a wide range of non-print products , including satellite television services , computer software , audio CDs and other technology-related items .
22 The same symbol is encompassing a wide range of conceptions which , at least in some respects , share a common , underlying theme .
23 The government 's policy was formally one of ‘ Ulsterization ’ , namely allowing a wide range of local programmes and policies to be taken over by local leaders .
24 Development plans ( where they exist ) are certainly used in development control , but many policies are not covered by the plans , and even when they are , they are typically expressed in general terms requiring interpretation of their meaning and allowing a wide range of discretion .
25 This role , of locally providing and administering a wide range of public services , from planning and transport to housing and education , was deeply embedded in the postwar political consensus , and local government seemed to have found a safe and secure niche with the coming of a fully fledged welfare state .
26 Only by meeting these interests will a balanced collection emerge , reflecting a wide range of opinions .
27 I also recognised that I was expected to take responsibility for the interpretation of the utterance , exploring a wide range of contextual assumptions ( about hospitals , illness , operations , and convalescence ) and deriving a wide range of contextual implications — not only a wider range than I would have derived had the newsreader just produced [ 14b ] , but a wider range than I would have derived if I had realised that the speaker was talking about the pound .
28 They also have experience using a wide range of solvents : methylene chloride , dimethyl formamide , dimethyl sulphoxide and dimethyl acetamide as well as the common alcohols and aromatics .
29 The building is an exciting example of 1909 — lo Art Deco , using a wide range of materials including brick , and it has a long glass gallery at roof level .
30 to give children experience of the creative arts including : picture making using a wide range of media model making using traditional ‘ waste ’ and ‘ found ’ materials fabric and collage work dance and drama , formal and ‘ free ’ music — singing and an introduction to notation through instrumental work ( eg using recorder , clarinet and violin ) poetry — listening , choral speaking , writing
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