Example sentences of "[v-ing] a wide [noun sg] 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 | Many women used the campaign as a means of deepening feminist consciousness and as a platform for launching a wider programme of demands . |
| 3 | Focus is on listening to and understanding a wide range of accents . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Representing a wide spectrum of radical reformers — some members of the Communist Party , some members of the Popular Front — as well as ecologists , dissident members of the armed forces and religious groups , they carried banners demanding democracy and a free press , a multi-party system and an end to the Communists ' monopoly of power . |
| 7 | Attended by a dozen staff , representing a wide spectrum of departments , this residential ‘ outward bound ’ experience received a very positive response from participants . |
| 8 | At this time of year , with the flood still some weeks off , the Nile had shrunk back into its bed , uncovering a wide strip of mud , now baked hard and dry and cracked like crazy paving . |
| 9 | Employing a wide range of styles and settings , this vibrant collection demonstrates the continuing power of the short story to surprise , disturb and entertain . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The secondary market contributes to the primary market by enabling a wide range of institutions to participate in underwriting new issues . |
| 12 | Dissatisfaction with and criticism of validation procedures were paralleled by a recognition that the CNAA had succeeded through those procedures in gaining a wide measure of recognition and acceptance for its degrees , and for the institutions where they were offered . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However , as kingdoms became settled and the Gregorian reform began to give greater prominence to centralization , councils and legates — in short to uniformity and a unifying law — so there were more difficulties in incorporating a wide variety of practices within a centralized system . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Contributing to this attitude is the recognition that public relations is a growth industry serving a wide range of interests in our society . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Prominent amongst these was the Eye-Witness , an erratic , often brilliant weekly , which prided itself on exposing corruption in high places and advocating a wider distribution of property based on broadly Christian principles , or distributism . |
| 22 | During most of this same period , however , there existed within Anglicanism another more liberal and conciliatory tradition , which drew inspiration from the work of Richard Hooker and sought to minimize controversy by advocating a wide measure of toleration on questions of dogma and ceremony . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | We react to cues which are significant to us , such as light , sounds and smells , while ignoring a wide variety of other stimuli . |
| 26 | The centre is almost entirely self-sufficient , growing a wide variety of crops , raising animals — it included a very sophisticated pig breeding and rearing programme — and literally hundreds of rabbits and chickens . |
| 27 | Open-ended standards in legislation confer discretion permitting a wide variety of factors to be taken into account in adjudication . |
| 28 | There are over 100 shops in the Quarter , selling a wide range of beautiful jewellery , clocks and watches , often at very competitive prices . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |