Example sentences of "a [adj -er] range of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to be a primary teacher , and you have to teach so many different things at that level that it seemed better to study a broader range of subjects , ’ she says . |
| 2 | The Government 's answer has been to introduce AS-levels , equivalent to half an A-level syllabus , designed to encourage sixth formers to take a broader range of subjects . |
| 3 | Part-time male reservists do only sanger ( guard ) duty , either at the station or at other locations ; female reservists are restricted in the main to the guard room inside the station , with only full-time reserve policemen carrying the responsibility for a broader range of tasks , although few are involved in the paperwork for a case file . |
| 4 | And Cavalcanti 's Went the Day Well ? ( 1943 , Forty-eight Hours in US ) , draws upon a broader range of influences . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher took a much closer interest in a broader range of appointments than any other post-war prime minister . |
| 6 | ‘ Devoting more airtime to music means we can offer listeners a broader range of singles and albums , ’ said Paul Robinson , chairman of the playlist panel of producers and DJs who select the records to be played . |
| 7 | Not only will children be introduced to a broader range of thought and feeling , but — through looking at literature from different points of view — pupils should also be in a position to gain a better understanding of the cultural heritage of English literature itself . |
| 8 | Jones had tried various materials and what he now sought was rather clearly defined — are there neutrons of a specific energy or not ? — and his apparatus was almost completed and ready to go ; the chemists by contrast had to do a broader range of experiments as their problem was more subtle — is there fusion and if so by what process ? — and the necessary materials and apparatus had yet to be assembled . |
| 9 | There was an awareness of the appeal and of the potential of film and a strong stress on the need for film to take up new opportunities by treating a broader range of subjects . |
| 10 | The average national executive search firm , in order to come to the market , needs a broader range of products , However , having a broader range of service products creates problems of conflicts and interests . |
| 11 | The average national executive search firm , in order to come to the market , needs a broader range of products , However , having a broader range of service products creates problems of conflicts and interests . |
| 12 | This has been based on an OEM pact for the Cobol compiler and debugging technology in the Development System , but Microsoft is withdrawing that the better to address ‘ the needs of corporate Cobol customers with a broader range of Micro Focus products that both companies will promote . ’ |
| 13 | This has been based on an OEM pact for the Cobol compiler and debugging technology in the Development System , but Microsoft is withdrawing that the better to address ‘ the needs of corporate Cobol customers with a broader range of Micro Focus products that both companies will promote . ’ |
| 14 | This revisionist picture captures a broader range of political cleavages within the scope of ‘ class struggle ’ than orthodox Marxism . |
| 15 | Whilst choice theories firmly limit the range of legal obligations to the parties to an agreement , the ‘ harm to interests ’ theory envisages a broader range of obligations owed not only to persons who have chosen to enter an agreement together but also to anyone whose interests are subjected to the risk of harm . |
| 16 | While these positions constitute the structure of objective inequalities , sociologists have often regarded stratification as including a broader range of features , including subjective aspects of inequality . |
| 17 | Other possibilities are the use of a broader range of amicus curiae briefs in cases involving issues of supervision . |
| 18 | This causes them to argue for a loosening of the legal duties that define the objectives of management decision making , which currently emphasise the maximisation of shareholder wealth , to enable a broader range of purposes to be pursued . |
| 19 | Now it could well be argued that the very object of judicial scrutiny is to force the bureaucracy to consider a broader range of policy choices ; that the courts ' role is precisely to ‘ redress ’ the tendency of officials to adopt a very narrow bounded rationality which thereby forecloses policy choices . |
| 20 | It covers conduct previously dealt with by a broader range of offences , including , for example , incest , sexual intercourse with under-age girls and with mental defectives , sodomy and gross indecency as well as rape and indecent assault . |
| 21 | Whilst there might be certain advantages to be gained from the inclusion of a broader range of aggravating features in the higher categories , these are probably outweighed by the complexity this would produce . |
| 22 | Fred Hanna remarked on the supermarket sales of children 's annuals in Dublin every Christmas , which had cut into his shop 's market — although it countered by emphasising a broader range of children 's books instead . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , a broader range of potentially useful mortar sands is indicated in BS 1199 : 1976 . |
| 24 | There is evidence of large firms experimenting with flexible technologies and divisions of labour to produce a broader range of products and cater to speciality markets . |
| 25 | I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people . |
| 26 | I do n't particularly see it as compromise because for me it is a method of going forward , if you can agree on something which is a basic principled demand around a particular issue and then pull into action a broader range of people around that . ’ |
| 27 | The word picture has a broader range of meanings , including thought/idea/memory and some kind of non-verbal communication . |
| 28 | As a result , banks have offered a broader range of accounts offering more competitive interest rates . |
| 29 | Building Societies also provide a broader range of services and have moved into areas traditionally viewed as the province of the banks , more so after the recent ‘ liberalisation ’ of their activities through the Financial Services Act ( 1987 ) . |
| 30 | 12 per cent of these schools were Roman Catholic , and presented a further range of problems . |