Example sentences of "over a wide [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The new 58 beautifully manifests the Hood theory that displacement yachts with reduced wetted surface behave better over a wider range of conditions .
2 Further work may clarify the differences between these two methods of handling overflow records over a wider range of conditions .
3 An alternative is the coefficient of colligation ( Yule statistic ) , which is mathematically similar to κ but stable over a wider range of base rates .
4 On the other hand , he or she disposes this increased income over a wider range of services , many of which ( it is asserted ) are less capable of automation ( increased productivity ) than is the case in production of industrial goods .
5 The majority of these operate ‘ bussing routes ’ so that the expatriate families do not necessarily need to live close to the school itself but may choose to live along the school bus route , over a wider area of the capital .
6 Senior managers are required to coordinate the work of subordinates by having authority over a wider area of work , right up to the chief executive and board of directors .
7 The house sits snugly , 275 feet above sea level , with a view southwards out over a wide expanse of undulating country to hills beyond .
8 They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more .
9 Specialist supervision is available over a wide spectrum of periods ( from palaeolithic to the early historic ) and a broad range of regions ( from Scotland , across Europe , including central and eastern Europe , to the Mediterranean and the Middle East ) .
10 The House Committee continued to exercise its jurisdiction over a wide variety of day-to-day matters at the institution .
11 ‘ All metals expand when heated ’ will only be a legitimate generalization if the observations of expansion on which it is based range over a wide variety of conditions .
12 Nonetheless , research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options .
13 Jacques Delors , ’ said the message — in tones which observers yesterday took to be ironical , given the sometimes bitter sparring between London and Brussels over a wide range of policies .
14 Hickson is large enough to provide excellent support in terms of safety systems , effluent treatment , safety testing ( all aspects ) , corrosion testing , engineering expertise and in depth experience over a wide range of equipment and chemistry .
15 ( ii ) They should be taught , over a wide range of texts , how to analyse with some sophistication the differences between attitudes or assumptions displayed by a character and those of the author .
16 For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects .
17 Compressors in heat pumps need to give high efficiency over a wide range of operating temperatures , but those developed for refrigeration tend to be designed for a comparatively narrow range .
18 It is found over a wide range of species , from butterflies and wasps to sea snakes and skunks .
19 In the theory which accompanied this series it was shown that the function of regulated systems was to convert a ‘ rough ’ d.c. input voltage into a stable d.c. output voltage which would be maintained over a wide range of load current requirements as well as input voltage variations .
20 Hence the output voltage , within the design limits , remains constant over a wide range of current and input voltage variations .
21 The one thing they need is water , and if they find a damp surface in the home they will germinate and grow there quite happily over a wide range of temperatures , especially if the relative humidity of the air is above 70% for long periods .
22 The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) .
23 The Piaroa daily express to one another their right to private choice and their right to be free from domination over a wide range of matters , such as residence , work , self development , and even marriage .
24 Having experimented with parallel scalar and parallel vector processing , and straight vector processing , the company concludes that while vector parallel processing is very efficient over a wide range of applications , conventional vector machines offer superior performance for many applications , so the company will continue to develop its USL SVR4-based Unix , UXP/M and proprietary MSP-based VP and VPX machines .
25 In the long term , a dictionary needs to be above a certain size to provide sufficient coverage over a wide range of domains .
26 These two are cognitively synonymous over a wide range of contexts :
27 Precious substances have enriched religious iconography over a wide range of faiths from the idols of marginal societies to the divinities of religions disposing of priestly hierarchies and sumptuous architectural settings .
28 He goes on to conclude that in large companies management frequently possesses power over a wide range of decisions , subject to constraints or partial control exercised by others in some decision areas .
29 Fig. 6. 19 shows the improvement that can be achieved in 80/20 type files — those in which 80 per cent of the accesses are to 20 per cent of the records — for buckets holding one , two , three and four records over a wide range of packing densities , and Table 6.8 provides figures for a number of bucket sizes and packing densities .
30 In his latter years Tilden also studied the specific heat of metals over a wide range of temperatures , and the history of chemistry .
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