Example sentences of "[prep] as wide " in BNC.

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1 The research proceeds in the manner in which any theoretical piece of work proceeds — by experimenting with general ideas , working out their implications , and checking them against as wide a range of relevant concrete material as possible .
2 At Ramsay 's shouted message , the Scots chivalry formed up from column into as wide a line abreast as the terrain would allow , and wasting no time , advanced at the trot .
3 Howard explains , hesitatingly , about how he is trying to establish contact , through parties like this , with as wide a cross-section as possible of people who sort of share his views about the world , and to act as a sort of focus of dissent and as a sort of clearing-house for sort of new ideas .
4 The reader is presented with as wide a context as possible , and from this is better able to understand the central role that the laude assumed in their devotions and how numerous bequests maintained this tradition .
5 The Russells Hall pupils were immediately able to see that their new working partners opted for as wide a range of activities as they did and joined in with as much interest .
6 An alternative form of ability grouping was to aim for as wide a range of ability as possible in each group .
7 The approach we have adopted is to provide an overview of current practice , and to reinforce this with examples from as wide a spectrum of opinion as possible .
8 Everyone 's life is different , and so I wanted to hear from as wide a variety of teenage mothers as I could .
9 In normal recruitment procedures , where applications are invited from as wide a range as possible and where interviews subsequently take place any protection an employee may have had previously ceases .
10 Each seminar will be staged ( not simultaneously ) at five locations throughout Britain to encourage attendance from as wide a geographical area as possible , and will be designed for groups of about 10 to 15 people to encourage maximum delegate participation .
11 The SATs should nevertheless include as much speaking and listening , in as wide a range of representative activities , as is practicable .
12 In all these cases some form of consultation of all interested parties and groups , and mutually acceptable or advantageous adjustment of the competing possibilities in as wide a context as possible is desirable .
13 It is designed to test the breadth of the student 's knowledge in as wide a range of skills as possible , as they will shortly be facing the even greater demands of the real world outside college .
14 Keen that the fruits of his scholarship should be made available to as wide a readership as possible , I have made strenuous efforts to trace Mr Mint .
15 I advised Jeanne to take Moby to as wide a variety of different places as possible and encourage him to meet many more people and dogs .
16 Galas says : ‘ I train hard so that I can attempt to give voice to as wide a range of impulses as possible , so that I can be a proper medium for them .
17 Given the CEGB 's assertion that it might take ‘ decades or even centuries ’ for soils to recover , Robert Jones MP wanted to know , ‘ is that not all the more reason for getting on with it as quickly as possible and on as wide a scale as possible ? ,
18 for the time being , many ministers continued to favour cultivating support among as wide a section of the educated public as possible .
19 It was perhaps with this in mind that they decided to spread the only rewards that the Government was likely to confer on the architects for all their work across as wide a field as was possible .
20 SCOTVEC is now engaged in a massive development programme to put SVQs in place across as wide a range of vocational areas as possible .
21 In Australia a group of academics acted as consultants to the federal Department of Health , Housing , and Community Services and were given the freedom to consult and encourage participation by as wide a range of people as possible .
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