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

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1 They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more .
2 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 .
3 These are important over a wide range of ability and level of work .
4 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 ) .
5 Dampers are carefully designed so that this linear relationship is preserved over a wide range of speed difference .
6 Consequently , not only does the faculty include departments that study Philosophy and History over a wide range of time and place but there is also a notably broad spread of modern European languages and literatures ( English and Scottish , of course ; but also Danish , Dutch , French , Gaelic , German , Italian , Norwegian , Portuguese , Russian , Spanish , Swedish ) as well as the Classics ( Latin , Greek ) .
7 In experimental work on the viscosity of the alkanes over a wide range of temperature Doolittle found however that the simple relation where A and B are constants gave a very much better fit to the experimental data , than the Andrade equation From the discussion we have given it is clear that fv is only a linear function of T if the expansion of the liquid is given by the linear equation and this is only true over small temperature ranges .
8 For maximum usefulness , these measurements must be carried out over a wide range of temperature .
9 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 .
10 The tide was far out over a wide plain of sand but you could see its many colours silvering towards those reaches where sky and horizon misted together .
11 A dolphin school will often divide up into subgroups while searching for food , which separate and spread out over a wide area of sea , still diving synchronously — evidence that they are probably in some form of acoustic contact .
12 Mrs Swindles said the development would be seen over a wide area of Co Antrim , Newtownabbey , Belfast and Co Down .
13 Their secret lies in their enormously elongated toes , which spread their weight over a wide area of lily leaf .
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