Example sentences of "wide circle of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group invites specialists to assist in writing these documents and so encourages a wider circle of advisers on the issues we discuss . |
| 2 | In March 1989 Shevardnadze had told Izvestiya that several bad foreign policy decisions ( including that in 1979 to intervene in Afghanistan ) had been the result of leaders not consulting a wider circle of views within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Supreme Soviet . |
| 3 | Nicholson failed to make a name for himself once again , though because of some inspired controversy he had at least achieved a wider circle of critics . |
| 4 | From the women 's point of view , the need in the future is for a more reliable and responsive support network and a wider circle of friends and acquaintances to help them strengthen their hold on , and increase their share of , life in the community . |
| 5 | His passing leaves a sore gap in his family circle and in his wider circle of friends and acquaintances . |
| 6 | His many talents in the arts and sciences brought him a wide circle of acquaintances in Derbyshire , especially the painter Joseph Wright [ q.v. ] , in several of whose paintings he appears , notably in ‘ A Philosopher giving a lecture on the Orrery ’ ( 1776 ) where Burdett is seen sketching . |
| 7 | They now had a wide circle of acquaintances , mutual or individual , many prominent as writers , feminists , and socialists . |
| 8 | I 'm afraid she has a most irreverent attitude — and some of our gentlemen have quite a wide circle of acquaintances , so of course we must be able to offer complete discretion … ’ |
| 9 | Over the years , Michael has built up a wide circle of customers and friends worldwide , who visit whenever in London . |
| 10 | She had a wide circle of friends , all from the same social set , ex-public school , most of them with parents living in the country . |
| 11 | A discriminating host , he was cherished by a wide circle of friends , and in conversation was humble and diffident about his own success . |
| 12 | His occupation as a City merchant and his great interest in horticulture gave him an advantageous position amongst a wide circle of friends , both at home and abroad . |
| 13 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |
| 14 | Among a wide circle of friends and correspondents , Cayley seems to have been recognized as a generous and modest man of great personal charm . |
| 15 | Smith had a wide circle of friends who included the members of the locally influential Brigg family , Sir Isaac Holden , first MP for Keighley , John Bright , whose free-trade views he shared unreservedly , John Morley ( Viscount Morley of Blackburn ) , Sir Henry Roscoe , and , not least , Andrew Carnegie [ qq.v. ] , whom he considered the most remarkable man that he had ever met . |
| 16 | Prior 's intellectual energies still left him time for his family and for a wide circle of friends , colleagues , and pupils . |
| 17 | She 'd enjoyed a wide circle of friends , a coterie of the bored wives of the rich , except that when together their collective boredom was no longer ennui but just time-wasting . |
| 18 | Colleagues from the medical profession were joined by local MPs , lawyers , and a wide circle of friends from all over the country and further afield . |
| 19 | He is not known to have a wide circle of friends , in fact people tend to steer clear of him . |
| 20 | He will be missed by a wide circle of friends in public life . ’ |
| 21 | He will be missed by a wide circle of friends in public life . ’ |