Example sentences of "a broad area " in BNC.

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1 At the anterior end of the embryo where the brain will form the folds are well separated with a broad area between them , but the folds run close together towards the rear end .
2 It is effectively colour-sided , with a broad area of white along the back and tail ( finchback ) which catches the light like a halo , and there is usually a white patch ( not clearly defined ) on each thigh and often areas of white on the brisket and lower legs .
3 In Buxtehude for example , an attempt is made to calm the car across a broad area using a battery of devices , providing the driver with an unambiguous message that he or she is welcome , but on the terms set by the residents .
4 Psychobiology , the study of the biological bases of behaviour , is a broad area covering everything from the evolution of mating systems in the toad to the functions of subregions of the human cerebral cortex .
5 The children who are coming up from the primary schools to secondary schools are going through a change themselves , and it would be such a broad area that we could integrate Science , English , Maths and everything under that sort of umbrella .
6 Out of this type of work a broad area of agreement has emerged , as a brief review will show .
7 In phonology and grammar , there is a broad area of agreement about linguistic categories and the contrasts into which they enter , even though different linguistic theories will formalize them in different ways .
8 There seems no reason why a broad area , problem or theme , such as Europe , third-world development or the environment , should not provide a coherent focus for study , although such courses no doubt require careful planning .
9 Their strictures on the ‘ maximalism ’ of the Bolsheviks , on the ‘ premature ’ nature of the October revolution , and on the backwardness of Russia gave them a broad area of common ground with the liberal view .
10 If we wished for a more restful effect we could use far less harmonic change , holding chords for several beats ( Example 35 ) : This shows how a broad area of melody can be accompanied by the same harmony .
11 The series is also spread over a broad area ( both instruments sharing the same serial form ) to cover the first twelve bars of the work .
12 Two courses spanning a broad area of genetics are available in third year , while individual topics are studied in depth in fourth year .
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