Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] a wide [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These studies are undertaken by a wide variety of modes of study . |
| 2 | In particular , life events of certain kinds have been implicated in a wide range of disorder , and some of the evidence to establish their role has been described in earlier chapters . |
| 3 | Indeed on the nineteenth of January the Noble Earl Lord told me that of the three hundred and sixty letters which had been received from a wide variety of organisations representing people of totally different political opinions and that following the publication of the White Paper . |
| 4 | Most of these compositions , however , have a narrow scope ; they discuss issues of immediate concern to members of a particular occupation though sometimes they are addressed to a wider audience . |
| 5 | Most of these patches are subdivided , and 26 small units of DNs are scattered over a wide area . |
| 6 | The material of the bags had been destroyed in the fire and most of the burned contents of the hold had been dispersed over a wide area . |
| 7 | The homogeneity of the three groups has been reported for a wide variety of preoperative variables including age , sex , type of fluid , allergy , seasonal variation , radiographic determination of the size of the adenoids and postnasal space , and duration of preoperative loss of hearing . |
| 8 | Guinness has been targeted at a wider audience , in particular the more individualistic drinker , a position which is supported by innovative advertising around the world . |
| 9 | Dental materials are manufactured by a wide range of industries worldwide , including small specialist firms and large multinational companies . |
| 10 | They may have been written with a wider audience in mind and are therefore easier to read than , for example , some of the accounting standards . |
| 11 | The language resources already learnt are applied to a wide range of communicative problems . |
| 12 | On return to Edinburgh , courses are selected from a wide range of options . |
| 13 | Such terms are used for a wide range of contracts ; this book , however , is primarily concerned with the drafting of standard terms to govern contracts for the supply , or purchase , of goods ( in particular ) or services . |
| 14 | They are used in a wide variety of ways , covering many different aspects of human existence , and there are often unexplored value judgements inherent in them . |
| 15 | Projects are offered in a wide range of science laboratories in the university and medical school . |
| 16 | It may be obvious , as with lead shot from shooting or fishing producing elevated levels of Pb +&plus Sn +&plus Sb , batteries ( Pb +&plus Sb ) and brass ( Cu +&plus Zn ) but sometimes it may be more subtle where agricultural chemicals ( for example U in phosphates ) have been used on a wide scale . |
| 17 | But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep . |
| 18 | It has been used for a wide variety of projects so far . |
| 19 | The embedded figures test , which highlights these factors , has been used in a wide range of cross-cultural situations to support research work , and broadly differentiates types of perception arising within different cultures . |
| 20 | This replaced section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 which had long been the main public order offence and which had been used in a wide range of situations including demonstrations , football hooliganism , " streaking " and industrial disputes . |
| 21 | For example the sport of crown green bowling , which was very little known outside of the north of England , has been shown to a wider public ; the greens are often oddly bereft of spectators , and the northern accents of the players are plainly audible as they urge on their woods or confer solemnly as a pair over the last bowl of an important ‘ end ’ . |
| 22 | All staff are professionally qualified and the play areas and crèche are supplied with a wide range of play materials and approved equipment . |
| 23 | All staff are professionally qualified and the play areas and crèches are supplied with a wide range of play materials and approved equipment . |
| 24 | Both wool and silk rugs are produced in a wide range of Chinese , Persian and French ( Aubusson ) designs . |
| 25 | Also references in this book to the extent of soil erosion are drawn from a wide variety of sources and go some way to corroborate the view that , whether it is important or not , environmental degradation is certainly happening . |
| 26 | Contributors to Applied Linguistics are drawn from a wide variety of teaching and research backgrounds all over the world . |
| 27 | Participants are drawn from a wide range of public and private sector organisations and an emphasis on group-based learning activities enables members to learn through shared experience . |
| 28 | ‘ The presentations of new language are lively and there is plenty of practice work in both the Classbook and the Resource Book , which are packed with a wide variety of useful and stimulating material . ’ |
| 29 | Those applications have now disappeared but have been replaced by a wide range of others which utilize the material 's excellent weatherability , clarity and surface hardness — for example , automotive rear lights , lighting fittings and drawing instruments , produced by injection moulding ; and sheet and profiles , mainly for the sign , lighting and building industries , produced by extrusion . |
| 30 | The processes are characterized by a wide range of policy concerns with no obvious hierarchy of dominance . |