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

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1 It is not obvious that the grounds for his naturalism would evaporate if he took seriously a wider variety of forms of discourse .
2 They have studied an even wider variety of aspects of social life , from such matters as how people avoid bumping into each other in the street to topics as wide-ranging as the causes of the rise of capitalism .
3 Some nests are given waterproof roofs by using particularly wide strips of leaves for the top half .
4 It is also regarded as a vital resource in a wide variety of disciplines besides literature .
5 It is the Group 's job to consolidate this bank of knowledge and to match the know-how and skill of staff across a wide variety of disciplines to externally funded research projects .
6 Often three different types of roof — pyramid , hip , and gable — were included together with a wide variety of dormers in the upper storey .
7 There is a wide variety of schemes on offer from the big banks and building societies .
8 The Robertson Trust supports a wide variety of projects throughout the UK .
9 The office was small enough to provide experience in a range of areas , covering a wide variety of companies from subsidiaries of large plcs to sole traders .
10 For a school seeking guidance the picture is a confusing one ; a wide variety of analyses of the curriculum are available but with conflicting claims as to their usefulness .
11 So I had quite a wide variety of requests from students . ’
12 Pupils should be introduced to a wide variety of forms of graphical representation and use should be made of published information .
13 More controversially , and following Hayek and other critics of socialist collectivism , the group went on to argue that complete state ownership led to ‘ totalitarian forms of government ’ , and that a wide variety of forms of property , including private ownership , was necessary if the personal liberties of citizens were to be securely protected .
14 Write in a wide variety of forms with a more assured sense of purpose , organising and presenting subject matter appropriately for specified audiences , both known and unknown .
15 Write in a wide variety of forms with an assured sense of purpose and audience .
16 Write , at an appropriate length , in a wide variety of forms with an assured sense of purpose and audience .
17 the preparation of quite large amounts of text ( letters , job descriptions , contracts ) with a considerable amount of repetition of common material ; 2. the creation and maintenance of files containing a mass of details about people and their subsequent analysis to provide information in a wide variety of forms for many different purposes Both these activities can be considerably simplified and streamlined using computers Word processing systems are eminently suited to the first .
18 Whereas in Out a single dominant ideology acts as a structuring device on a wide variety of discourses in the society portrayed , in Such two discourses are selected and their interaction is staged within the mind of the protagonist .
19 Many people were genuinely interested in the wide variety of finds on display and showed a keen interest in the hobby in general .
20 And he recommended that most prisons should be ‘ community prisons ’ catering for a wide variety of prisoners from their locality , a prescription which does not seem readily compatible with the notion that this sort of mixture is conducive to disorder .
21 We were able to offer solutions to a wide variety of problems from decontaminating nuclear facilities to assessing the safety of new rail links .
22 The Scottish Record Office has a wide variety of sources including plans of the city , valuation rolls and photographs .
23 Current research funding comes from a wide variety of sources including SERC , EC , HSE , DTI , and industry .
24 The company 's Special Catering Division has been busy of late , arranging catering at a wide variety of functions including dinner for 400 in the magnificent setting of the Old Library at the Guildhall and two days celebrations abroad a new Geest Line Ship , moored on the Thames , off Greenwich .
25 During the year the Council made a wide variety of submissions on these and other matters to Government and these are listed on page 7 of this Report .
26 Each will expand to contribute to a wide variety of approaches to children and families , such as preventative work , rehabilitation , substitute care , and therapy .
27 Trent regional health authority received a wide variety of responses to the consultation exercise for the Sheffield applications which the Secretary of State took fully into account when making his decisions to grant NHS trust status .
28 He could win on a wide variety of venues on a broad spectrum of methods .
29 Any area , in fact , may display a wide variety of settlements at all stages of development at any one time .
30 The gang tackled a wide variety of tasks including complete replacement of 80 yards of track west of Quarry Siding .
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